No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUi/lUKli:. 



585 



No 



146 



136 

 9 



Manufacturer. 



Knipire Grain and Elevator Co., Bingham- 

 ton, N. Y. 



C. H. Sears, Clark's Summit, Pa., 



(Akron, O.), 



Dealer. 



Price 

 per 

 ton. 



Snyder Bros., Dalton, Fa | $19 00 



C. H. Sears, Clark's Summit 19 00 



J. L. Hockensmith 20 00 



The results of analysis were as follows per cent.) : 



No. 



146 



136 



9 



Description. 



Spring wheat bran and middlings 



Wheat feed, bran and shorts 



Buckeye wheat feed 



Range of composition 



Average 



Moisture 



9.78 



9.20 



10.08 



9. 20-10. OS 



9.69 



Protein. 



15.94 



10.19 



16.50 



10. 19-16. .50 



14.31 



Fat. 



4.49 



2.69 



4.53 



2.69-4.53 



3.90 



Fibre. 



19.84 



On examination under the microscope, the following facts appear: 



No. 146. Bran is the chief constituent. The tine material contains 

 many of the hairs which, in the best mills, go to the dust room. Some 

 whole oats and oat hulls are present, but these form a very small 

 percentage of the entire feed. 



No. 136. While the bulk is chiefly composed of bran, the sample 

 contains a large amount of fibrous material, finely divided and closely 

 resembling, under a power of 50 diameters, the compact, fibrous 

 structure and yellowish tint of corn cob. Some oat hulls were also 

 present. 



No. 9. Chief bulk composed of bran; the amount of middlings pres- 

 ent is small; there is present a large amount of the hair from the tip 

 of the grain, indicating a probable admixture of the dust room con- 

 tents. A little oat hull appears, but is not conspicuous. 



Only one of these brands has been analyzed in other States, viz: 

 "Buckeye wheat feed." The composition shown by these analyses 

 is as follows: 



Connecticut (3 samples), 

 New York (1 sample), ... 



Protein, 

 per cent. 



17.75-16.37 

 15.38 



Fat, 

 per cent 



4.41-4.37 

 B.12 



The Pennsylvania sample is up to the average for the brand. 



Wheat feeds, in general, as shown by 219 analyses of market 

 feeds made in New England States, have the following range of 

 composition : 



