The Bulletin, 



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TRADE-NAME MIXTURES OF WHEAT BRAN, 3IIDDLINGS AND 



SCREENINGS. 



(Analyses, page 38, 39.) 



Fifteen samples, all official, were analyzed. 



Percentage Composition 



Protein 



Guarantee - - - 



Found 



Deficient 



Range of deficiency 

 Range of excess 



14.00 to 16.00 



13 .63 to 17 .00 



7 or 46 .6 



0.12 to 1.38 



0.13 to 1.00 



Fat 



3.83 to 4.50 

 3.27 to 5.42 

 6 or 40 

 0.02 to 0.73 

 .05 to 1 .42 



Fiber 



7.00 to 9.10 

 3 .82 to 7 .08 

 15 or 100 

 0.74 to 4.18 

 0.00 to 0.00 



SHIPSTUFF. 



(Analyses, pages 40-43.) 



Twenty-six official and four unofficial samples are reported. Tlie 

 range in composition summarizes as follows : 



The prices quoted on Shipstuff the past year were $1.70, $1.75, $1.80, 

 $1.85, $2. 



The fcllowing quotations were given in the same town on two con- 

 secutive days by different firms : 



If the first was worth only $1.70, the second should have sold not for 

 $2, but for $1.61 or thereabout. 



