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In the first case, a dollar would buy 9.3 pounds of protein and 2.6 

 pounds of fat; whereas in the case of the lower-priced article, owing to 

 its inferior quality, a dollar would buy 8.4 pounds of protein and 2.6 

 pounds of fat. If the first, or higher priced, goods was worth $1.75 per 

 100 pounds, the lower priced goods was worth not $1.60 but $1.44 per 

 100 pounds. It must not be inferred that the inferiority of the latter 

 was due to adulteration ; it was not ; the goods was what is claimed to be, 

 pure wheat bran. A compilation by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 

 of 88 analyses of wheat bran gives the following range of constituents.* 



WHEAT MIDDLINGS, SHOETS, RED DOG. 



(Analyses, pages 30-35.) 



Seventy samples, of which sixty-three are official, are reported here. 

 Their range of composition is shown in the following tabulation : 



Here, also, is a wide range of feeding value : but prices do not vary 

 according to feed value. The following tabulation will show this dis- 

 crepancy between price and feeding value-: 



•Bulletin No. 11; 1892. 



