612 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Off. Doc 



parts oats hulls aud 11 parts oats would contain about 8.8 per cent, 

 of protein and 3.7 per cent, of fat. When it is considered that small 

 quantities of corn cob are found in many of these samples, as in 

 Nos. [)7. 2So, 2.59 and 214, whether purposely added or remaining 

 after an imperfect cleaning of the corn after shelling, the possibili- 

 ties of variation are more clearly perceived. 



When it is seen that the average composition of these mixtures 

 is about the same, or a little inferior in fat content, to that of the 

 coi'n meal, that a very considerable proportion of the corn and oat 

 feeds is composed of oat hulls whose nitrogen-free extract is much 

 less digeiSitible than corn, and yet that the average price paid for these 

 feeds is about $19.00, while that paid for corn chops and iiicjils is 

 $19.35, the advantage of economy is seen to lie with the unmixed 

 corn. 



Of the brands examined, Victor Corn and Oat Feed is the only 

 one analyzed in other States. The comjiarative data for this brand 

 are: 



3 



Protein, per cent. 



<u 



o 



bfl 



Fat, per cent. 



Si 



it 





Victor corn and oat feed 



I'ennsylvania, 



New York, 1900 



New England, lsys-9. 



All brands: 



Pennsylvania , 



New York, 189D-1900, ., 

 New England, 1898-9, 



68 



3 



4.T 



3.9 



4.27 

 3.2:! 

 3.8 



In New York, 1900, the Victor brand was guaranteed to contain 

 8.23 per cent, protein and 3.00 per cent. fat. The New York analyses 

 are up to this guarantee. A careful consideration of the above data 

 shows that Pennsylvania receives goods of this class inferioi-, on 

 the average, to those of New York, where the selling price is some- 

 what less, and that in both these States this class of goods is less 

 rich than in New England, where systematic inspection of cattle 

 foods has been longer practiced. 



Closely related to the foregoing feeds are two other samples; 



No. 80. Corn and oats hulls; made and sold by the Warren Mills 

 Co., Warren, Pa., at $19.00 per ton. 



No. 192. Corn and cob meal and oats; made and sold by Clapper 

 Bros., IMjirliiisburg, Pii., i)ricc not given. 



