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CLXV and CLXVI represent two difterent lots of wheat mid- 

 dlings oifered to the sender, who wished to know which was the 

 better article. CLXVI lias about one-half a per cent, more of 

 fat in it, which, other things being equal, would make it more val- 

 uable. To Mr. Dean's inquiry with regard to the sample of 

 ■wheat bran sent by him answer was made as follows : 



" Your questions, as to the value for feeding and for manure of 

 this sample, are not easy to answer. The value of bran as of 

 any other similar kind of feed depends upon the place in the ra- 

 tion, bran alone being a very poor feed, while bran in suitable 

 mixture with other fodders is very valuable. In the Reports of 

 this Station and in " Armsby's Manual of Cattle Feeding," also 

 in a recent book by Stewart on the same subject this matter is 

 more or less fully discussed. You will find in the Station Report 

 of 1881, a paper by Dr. Armsby, pp. 90 to 105, which will give 

 you the principal points. As to the value of the manure, I can 

 only say that the richer the food, other things being equal, the 

 richer will be the manure. Bran contains an abundance of nitro- 

 gen and phosphates. In the mature animal these ingredients pass 

 entirely into the manure when the animal is not increasing in 

 weight or giving milk or nourishing young. The manure from 

 bran fed animals will therefore be richer in these elements than 

 that furnished by hay-fed cattle. As to feeding, one word 

 further: but a limited, rather small amount of bran can be fed to 

 an animal without injury to its health. The proper use of bran 

 in a cattle ration is as an addition to common hay or other coarse 

 feed and the coarsest feed like straw and chaff may be advan- 

 tageously fed to animals when a suitable quantity of bran or 

 similar concentrated feed is used at the same time," 



Cotton Seed Meal and New Process Linseed Meal. 



CLXII. Cotton Seed Meal. Sent by Wm. Smith, of Plainville, 

 from stock of G. Richards & Co., Unionville. Cost, $31.00 per 

 ton. Its analysis as a fertilizer will be found on page 57, No. 



876. 



CLXX. Cotton Seed Meal. Sent by H. S. Frye, Poquonock. 



CLXXL Cotton Seed Meal. Sent by A. E. Holcomb, Poquo- 

 nock. 

 These two samples were from stock of F. Ellsworth, Hartford. 



Cost $30.00 per ton in November, 1883, 



