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The Bulletin, 



MIXED FEEDS NOT CONTAINING MOLASSES. 



(Analyses, pages 44-49.) 

 Forty-seven official and twelve unofficial samples were analyzed, 



The prices asked for these feeds range from $1.65 to $2 per 100 

 pounds. In as much as they are compounded, it is to be expected that 

 their prices will be fixed according to their feeding value. The follow- 

 ing two feeds carry out this idea in a measure. The first consisted of 

 crushed oats and cracked corn. The second of oats and cracked corn : 



If the last is worth $1.85, the first should be worth about $2.12. 

 The following two quotations illustrate the great difference in feeding 

 value between goods that sell sometimes at the same price. 



The first claimed to be "corn goods," and consisted mainly of corn 

 meal. The latter consisted of corn, cotton-seed meal, alfalfa, and oat 

 clips. On the face of the analysis, the last should have about twice the 

 feeding value of the first named; but difference in digestibility would 

 reduce it to much less than that, possibly to one and a half. The dry 

 matter in corn meal is stated to be 88 per cent digestible; that in cotton- 

 seed meal, alfalfa and oat chaff 76 per cent., 60 per cent., and 42 per 

 cent, respectively. 



