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the past year as cooked feeds. The cow feed is guaranteed to contain 

 26.00 per cent protein, 7.50 per cent fat, and 8.20 per cent crude fiber. 

 This feed is made up largely of malt sprouts, barley and cotton-seed meal. 

 The horse feed is guaranteed to contain: Protein, 12.50 per cent; fat, 

 5.64 per cent; crude fiber, 9.54 per cent. This feed is made up largely 

 of cracked corn, oats, and barley. The analyses of these feeds appear in 

 this Bulletin, under Special Mixed Feeds. 



Corn and Oat Feeds. — In this Bulletin will be found the analyses of 

 what in general terms are known as Corn and Oat Feeds. Representative 

 feeds of this class are branded Victor Corn and Oat Feed, Boss Corn 

 and Oat Feed, Boss Chop Feed, Purina Feed, Excelsior Corn and Oat 

 Feed, fete. The quality of these feeds is very variable, and in many 

 cases so inferior that the purchaser, to protect himself from deception 

 and fraud, should study closely the analyses of these products, and 

 especially the ingredients of which they are composed. The bulk of all 

 these feeds is ground oat hulls with admixture of some ground corn and 

 oat kernels. The price paid for these feeds' is, as a rule, far in excess of 

 their feeding value, when compared with wheat bran, middlings, and 

 cotton-seed meal. 



Broivn Shorts. — Some feeds have been found on sale in this State 

 during the past year branded "Brown Shorts." Some of them are entire 

 wheat products, while others are mixtures of wheat products with other 

 materials. This Department rules, under authority of the feed law, 

 that any feeding stuff branded or labeled "Brown. Shorts" must be an 

 entire wheat product. Mixtures of wheat products with other substances 

 and branded "Brown Shorts" is a violation of the law, and the sale of 

 such mixtures so branded is prohibited in this State. 



Crached Corn. — This Department has experienced considerable trouble 

 during the past year with this product being shipped into the State with- 

 out the guaranteed analysis attached, and also in different weight bags 

 from those prescribed in the feed law. Cracked Corn comes under the 

 feed law when sold as feed for domestic animals, and, therefore, must 

 bear a guaranteed analysis showing the minimum per cent of protein 

 and fat and the maximum per cent of crude fiber it contains. The sale 

 of this product in any other size bags than those prescribed in the feed 

 law is prohibited. 



Meat Feeds. — Under this head is grouped such feeds as Rava Meat 

 Meal, Darling's Beef Meal, etc. These feeds are very high in protein, 

 and therefore command a high price. To avoid waste of money, these 

 feeds should be fed intelligently. 



Special Mixed Feeds. — Under this head is grouped proprietary, trade- 

 marked and specially named feeds. Feeds should never be purchased be- 

 cause they have a fancy name. There is nothing in a name. Names are 

 oftentimes misleading and deceiving as to the true quality of the product. 

 This class of feeds should be purchased according to the analyses they 

 bear, and not because they have an attractive name. 



Shipstuffs. — This name does not imply a mixture of any definite com- 

 position; therefore, when purchasing feeds branded "Shipstuff," the 

 buyer should be guided by the guaranteed analysis on the bags. This 



