No 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



567 



The following samples of cotton-seed meal were taken in Pennsyl- 

 vania, this season, by Department agents: 



No. 



W7 

 32 

 125 

 209 

 93 

 106 

 110* 

 111 



Name of Brand. 



Cotton-seed 

 Cotton-seed 

 Cotton-seed 

 Cotton-seed 

 Cotton -seed 

 Cotton-seed 

 Cotton-seed 

 Cotton-seed 



meal, 

 meal, 

 meal, 

 meal, 

 meal, 

 meal, 

 meal, 

 meal, 



Manufacturer. 



American Oil Co., N. T. City, 



E. B. Williams & Co., Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



E. B. Williams & Co., Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



E. B. Williams & Co., Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. 



Dealer. 



Snyder Bros., Dalton 

 Pa, 



J. P. Sandt, Easton 

 Pa 



C. H. Sears, Clark's 

 Summit, Pa 



Wm. Fisher 



J. Watson Craft, Am- 

 bler, Pa 



Maryland Grange Agen- 

 cy, Balto. , Md 



Morris Briggs, Wood- 

 burn, 



Trenton Milling Co., 

 Morrisville, 



• Musty, having become damp in the warehouse. 



Their percentage, composition and other data for comparison are 



given below: 



147, 

 32, 

 125, 

 209, 

 93, 

 106, 

 110. 

 Ill, 



Number. 



Avaerge, 



Moisture. 



6.41 

 6.76 

 7.62 

 7.34 



8.S8 

 7.09 

 7.11 

 6.91 



Protein. 



42.50 

 46.69 

 45.25 

 44.69 

 43.69 

 44.50 

 43.31 

 44.56 

 44. 40 



Fat. 



12.25 

 9.28 

 9.S2 



10.06 

 8.77 

 9.89 



11.26 



9.48 



10. lO 



Remarks. 



Microscopic examination fails to reveal any foreign substances 

 or any distinct excess of hulls; recent New York and Massachusetts 

 examinations have detected such adulteration. 



Comparison of these goods with those sold elsewhere may be made 

 as follow©: 



