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Brewers' Dried Grains are the properly dried residue from cereals 

 obtained in the manufacture of beer. 



Malt Sprouts are the sprouts of the barley grain. If the sprouts are 

 derived from any other malted cereal, the source must be designated. 



Alfalfa Meal is the entire alfalfa hay ground, and does not contain 

 an admixture of ground alfalfa straw or other foreign materials. 



Chop is a ground or chop feed composed of one or more different 

 cereals or by-products thereof. If it bears a name descriptive of the 

 kind of cereals it must be made exclusively of the entire grains of those 

 cereals. 



Screenings are the smaller imperfect grains, weed seeds, and other 

 foreign material having feeding value, separated in cleaning the grain. 



The following definition for cotton-seed feed has been adopted by the 

 Board of Agriculture, but is not included in the list of definitions of 

 the Association of Feed Control Officials: 



Cotton-seed Feed. All mixtures of cotton-seed meal and hulls con- 

 taining less than 38.62 per cent protein shall be branded Cotton-seed 

 Feed, or a name may be given which does not contain the word "meal" 

 or any other word that might be misleading. 



HEARINGS.* 



When a sample of commercial feed examined snows variation from 

 the guarantees, the dealer or manufacturer from whom the sample was 

 taken shall be given an opportunity to be heard in his defense by the 

 Commissioner before the facts may be certified to the proper prosecut- 

 ing attorney. 



It is the duty of the Department of Agriculture to regularly inspect 

 the feeds offered for sale in the State and to see that all feeds bear the 

 tax stamp and are properly labeled. The Department is required to col- 

 lect and analyze at least one sample of every brand of feed found on 

 sale in the State during the year and to publish the results for the. bene- 

 fit of those interested in this class of goods. 



The Department will be glad, at any time, to furnish information re- 

 garding the character and value of any class of feed. 



TERMS USED IN ANALYSIS. 



Ash. This is the incombustible part of the plant, earthy matter 

 drawn from the soil by the plant, and taken over into the animal organ- 

 ism from plants. 



Protein. This is the nitrogenous portion of the plant. Lean meat,, 

 white of eggs, curd of milk, gluten of grain are examples. 



Fiber. The frame-work of the plant; trunk and stem are hardened 

 fiber mixed with mineral and other matter; cotton is almost pure fiber. 



Fat. The portion of plant soluble in ether is classed as fat, but 

 includes small quantity of substances other than fats. Cotton-seed 

 oil, olive oil, peanut oil, the oils of cereals are examples. Tallow, 

 lard, butter and the various animal oils and fats fall into this class. 



Nitrogen-free Extract. Starch, the various sugars, gums are examples. 



Carbohydrates. This is a general term, including fiber and nitro- 

 gen-free extract. 



"Reprint from Bulletin of November, 1912. 



