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The Bulletin. 



GLUTEN FEED, DRIED BEET PULP. 



(Analyses, pages 68, 69.) 



Only one analysis of gluten feed is recorded. This feed is rich in 

 protein, guaranteed 23 per cent, found 27 per cent. 



Dried beet pulp, on the other hand, is low in protein and fat, high in 

 fiber. The price asked for it — $1.75 to $2 per 100 pounds — would seem 

 to be entirely too much for its feed value. 



RICE PRODUCTS. 



(Analyses, page 70.) 



Three samples, unofficial, sent by the manufacturer, were analyzed. 

 Except a trivial deficiency (0.13 per cent) in protein, these feeds are all 

 above guarantee. They are notably rich in fats. 



POULTRY AND STOCK TONICS. 



(Analyses, pages 70, 71.) 



Four samples were analyzed. We get a good many enquiries as to 

 the value of these stuifs. We cannot do better than repeat the advice 

 given by Professor Henry of the Agricultural Department of the Uni- 

 versity of Wisconsin : 



*'As to these nostrums it may be said that vigorous, healthy animals 

 do not make better use of their feed because of their addition. If ani- 

 mals are out of condition they should receive specific treatment accord- 

 ing to their ailments. A good manager of live stock will have no use 

 for these high-priced condimental foods or condition powders; a pooi* 

 manager will never have fine stock by employing them." 



Some enquirers reveal a fear that these condiments may sometimes 

 contain ingredients that are harmful. This is doubtless never the case, 

 especially in view of the small quantities, or doses, in which they are 

 administered. Their main body consists, as a rule, of one or more 

 ordinary feed stuffs of standard value, including the following: "Corn, 

 corn meal, hominy, feed corn, gluten meal, oats, hulled oats, wheat, 

 wheat middlings, wheat bran, baked and kiln-dried rolled wheat, cotton- 

 seed meal, linseed oil meal, crackers, alfalfa meal, meat meal, dried bone 

 meal, dried beef and bone, beef scrap, dried blood, starch. Among the 

 constituents of more or less medicinal value are : gentian, ginger, anise 

 seed, fenugreek, mustard seed, pepper, fennel seed, rape seed, caraway 

 seed, licorice, nuxvomica, cinchona bark, rosin, columbo, elecampane, 



