No. 7. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



417 



Name of Feeding Stuff. 



Class 4 (8 Per Cent. -14 Per Cent. Protein) 



Holstein sugar feed, 



Creamo dairy feed 



Sucrene horse, mule and ox feed 



American poultry food, 



Quaker dairy feed 



Illinois gluten feed, 



Alfalfa horse feed 



Wellington gluten feed 



Ideal horse feed, 



Schumacher's stock feed 



Sterling stock feed, 



Hominy feed 



Corn feed meal , 



Dried beet pulp, 



Corno horse and mule feed, 



Victor feed, 



Boss chop feed, 



Class 5 (5 Per Cent. -8 Per Cent. Protein) 



Regal stock feed 



Royal oat feed 



Fat. 



2.S4 

 2.66 

 2.98 

 3.18 

 2 85 

 2.23 

 3.44 

 2.19 

 2.58 

 2.81 

 2.31 

 5.09 

 3.82 

 .59 

 2.73 

 2.63 

 2.53 



1.9« 

 1.85 



The average amounts of protein and fat, respectively, which may 

 be obtained for |1.00, in the five different classes, are as follows: 



Class 1, 21.50 and 5.03 pounds. 



Class 2, 1G.72 and 4.18 pounds. 



Class 3, 11.76 and 2.99 pounds. 



Class 4, 7.69 and 2.79 pounds. 



Class 5, 5.42 and 1.91 pounds. 



It is noticeable that the amounts of protein and fat obtainable 

 for one dollar constantly decreases from Class 1 to Class 5. All 

 the feeds included in the first three classes may be considered pro- 

 tein feeds and all those in the last two classes are chiefly carbo- 

 hydrate feeds. As thf farmer needs to purchase protein to supple- 

 ment the home grown feeds, it is certainly unwise for him to buy 

 any article included in the last two classes. Occasionally one may 

 find it to his advantage to purchase some carbo-hydrate feed included 

 in Class 4, but under no circumstances, can the writer recommend 

 the purchase of such material as is found in Class 5, at the prevail- 

 ing prices. The figures found in the preceding table are based on 

 the average retail prices of the feeds during 1907. The price of 

 the same article varies according to locality and, of course, is a great 

 factor in the selection of proper materials. 



I would like to call attention to some of these samples that are 

 here before you to-day for your inspection and as an object lesson, 

 of pure feeds and adulterated feeds and the adulterants which enter 

 into the compounding of feeds that are on the market in Pennsyl- 

 vania to-day. 



First, I want to bring to your attention oats chop made from 

 oat grains, and compare it to oat hulls. The analysis of oats is as 

 follows: Protein, 11.8 per cent., fat, 5.00 per cent., fiber, 5.1 per 

 cent. The analysis of oat hulls varies considerably. You will find 

 in looking on the bottles that the protein as given on this sample, is 

 2.88 per cent., fat, 1.01 per cent, and fiber, 32.18 per cent. The 

 analyses that I have based this comparison on are those which are 

 27—7—1908. 



