•330 STATE BOATID OF ACfRICULTURE. 



proteiu, (58 or 7.5 per ceut were below guaraulee in I'at and 117 or J2..S 

 per cent were above guarantee in crude fiber. This i.s an improveinenl 

 over the results obtained last year and nearly 50 per cent bettor than the 

 results of 1916. The greatest improvement is noticed in the cottonseed 

 meals. During the first year (1910) 51 per cent of the cottonseed meals 

 examined were found below guarantee in protein. During the past year 

 onlj"^ 17 per cent of the cottonseed meal samples were deficient in protein. 

 This is due, not so much to an improvement in the (piality of the iiieal as 

 to a more truthful statement of the guarantees. In other words, the cot- 

 tonseed sold in Michigan during the past year has been no better than 

 that of other j^ears but the guarantees have been adjusted to fit the facts. 



There has been a decided falling off in the number of samples of dis- 

 tillers and brewers grains shipped into the State. This is evidently due, 

 in part, to a partial boycott on the part of distillers and brewers against 

 shipping their products into dry states. 



The highest percentage of deficiencies was found in the calf meals, 

 hog meals and molasses feeds. In buying these classes of feeds the pur- 

 chaser takes greater chances of not getting the ^■^^lue guaranteed than 

 in any other classes of feed. 



There has been a notable decrease in the nund)er of samples of wheat 

 bran and middlings on the market. These have been replaced in j.nrt l)y 

 rye and barley feeds and other less common yiroducts. 



A complete summary of the results obtained during the past three years 

 is given in the following table. The figures here presented clearly show 

 the effect of a vigorous inspection service in ini]>roving the whole I'ood 

 situation throughout the State. 



