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KKroKT OF OFFIC'K <>K KXI'KKIMKNT STATIONS. 



ANALYSES OF FEEDING STUFFS. 



I)»iriii»jf tilt' last few ycais (lie iiumhcr of fccdino- si nils analyzed in 

 the I'liited States has hecii very larjjjc. Accordinj^^ to a cai'eful estimate 

 the total niini))er of analysers i)iil)lished since July ;51 . IImmi, js 1 l.T4Jt, 

 Of these, 10,181 were made in comiection with the inspection work car- 

 ried on in a nnml)er of the States. The ludk of thi^ analyses were 

 reported by the State e.\j)erinient stations. A consideral)le numher, 

 however, AV(>re j)ul)lished by the Bureau of (-hemisti-y of the Tnited 

 States Department of Aoriculture and the department of aj;i-icnlture 

 in one or two States, while a few have l^een i-eported from other 

 sources. 



The above statements do not take into account tlic comparatively 

 large num})er of anah'ses of sugar l)eets and sorghum made in connec- 

 tion with sugar and sirup mamifacture, nor those made for connnercial 

 reasons of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and skim milk; neither has account 

 been taken of the anal^'ses of some materials more often used as human 

 foods though oc'casionally fed to farm animals, nor of the large numlier 

 of ash analyses reported. 



The following list will give an idea of the way the analytical work is 

 distributed, though the classification followed is necessaril}- more or 

 less ar))itrary: 



Analyxes reiiorled inthe United States from S('ptrtiil>rr, 1900, to Fcl/riniri/, 1904- 



Feeding .stuff. 



Barley 



Bark'.v milling products 



Bnckwlicat... 



Buckwheat milling products 



Corn 



Corn milling products and feeds 



Cotton seed and cotton-seed prod\icts. . . 



Oats 



Oat milling products 



Rice and rice milling products 



Rye 



Rye milling products 



Spelt and spelt milling products 



Sorghum seed 



Wheat 



Wheat milling jiroducts 



Gluten meals and feeds 



Flaxseed, linseed meal, and similar prod 



ucts 



Brewers' grains and malt sprouts 



Num- 

 ber. 



3 

 14 



4 



64 



l.-i3 



(lltl 



1,189 



28 



51 



•23 



IS 



36 



6 



12 



43 



1,875 



1,233 



718 

 2(!5 



Feeding stuff. 



Distillers' grains and similar products. . . 

 Beans, 7)eas, ])eanuts, soy beans, and their 



milling products 



Mixed feeds, commercial and proprietjiry 



feeds, cereal break fast- food l)y-i)rod- 



ucts, and similar feeds 



Poultry feeds 



Condimental feeds 



Animal meals and similar products 



Forage crops, fresh and cured, including 



.silage 



Sugar-beet pulp and silage and oHier 



sugar-beet products 



Roots 



Pumpkins and stock melons ! 



Fruits, fruit pomace, etc 



Molasses, molasses feeds, and sugar 



Miscellaneous 



Total , 



Num- 

 ber. 



62 

 74 



215 

 200 

 207 



798 



12 



47 



11 



7 



3 



112 



11,749 



As will be seen by the above list the number of analyses of wheat 

 milling products, gluten products, and cotton seed and cotton-seed 

 products is large. This is natural, since these goods are commercial 

 by-products from important industries. The number of analyses of 

 mixed feeds, commercial and proprietary feeds, cereal l)reakfast-food 

 by-products, and similar feeds is also large. This is undoubtedly due 



