No 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



611 



The following samples were received: 



The percentage composition of these samples is as follow^s: 



No. 



97 



280 



283 



252 



235 



156 



247 



42 



78 



59 



258 



60 



177 



13 



16 



23 



214 



181 



152 



271 



Description. 



Victor corn and oat feed 



Victor corn and oat feed 



Victor corn and oat feed 



Corn and oat feed, 



Corn and oats chop 



Corn and oats chop 



Corn and oats chop, 



Corn and oats chop 



Corn and oats, 



Corn and oats (one-third corn, two thirds oats), 



Oats and corn chop, ... 



Corn and oats, 



Corn and oats 



Corn and oats 



Corn and oats 



Corn and oats 



Corn and oats chop 



(iorn and oats 



Corn and oats chop 



Corn and oats chop 



Range 



Average 



Not one of these feeds reaches, in either constituent, the average 

 percentage for unadulterated corn and oats. On the other hand, 

 both grains are sufficiently variable in composition to make it 

 possible that any one of these feeds might have been made by mixing 

 exceptionally poor lots of the two grains. Admitting this as a 

 possibility in individual cases, it is nevertheless safe to say, upon 

 the basis of these analyses, that there is almost no pure corn-and- 

 oats feed on sale in the State and that the practice of diluting by 

 admixture of oat hulls is well nigh universal. Assuming average 

 composition for the three materials, a mixture of 58 parts corn, 31 



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