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states having food controls, the goods sold in Pennsylvania is some- 

 what inferior, on the average, to those sold where the law requires a 

 guaranty of composition and provides the means for chemical ex- 

 amination of the foods. 



Germ Oil Cake. 



'A single sample of "germ oil cake," manufactured by the Glucose 

 Sugar Refining Co., of Chicago, and purchased from W. K. Heebner, 

 West Point, Pa., at $22.50 per ton, shows the following percentage 

 composition: 



Per cent. 



'Moisture 9 . 67 



Protein, 22.56 



Fat, 9.77 



By the removal of three-fourths of its moisture and of two-thirds 

 of its fat by drying and pressing, a germ having the original com- 

 position shown in Voorhees's analysis, would yield a cake containing 

 11.71. per cent, moisture, 23.94 per cent, protein and 10.99 per cent. 

 fat, quantities a little higher than those shown in the market sample; 

 but the corn examined by Voorhees was exceptionally rich in protein. 



Under the name "germ oil meal" the Glucose Sugar Refining Com- 

 pany offers a feeding stuff guaranteed to contain 25 per cent, pro- 

 tein and 10.5 per cent. fat. The foregoing sample falls considerably 

 under this guarantee in both constituents. 



Corn Bran. 

 Three samples of this material were submitted: 



The percentage composition of these samples was as follows: 



