358 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



chick and scratch feeds Avore made up of cracked corn and kaflir corn 

 with varying proportions of sunllower seeds, Avheat, oats, buckwlieat, 

 barley, oats and weed seeds. The proportion of sunllower seeds was ex- 

 tremely small, seldom amounting to as much as 1 per cent. Wc^d seeds 

 were found in varying amounts in nearly all samples, in some cases, 

 comprising 25 to 30 per cent of the entire teed. A great variety of weed 

 seeds were identified but wild buckwheat, pigeon grass and lady's thumb 

 were most commonly found. Several of the samples contained cockle 

 and ergot, both of which are poisonous, the latter especially so to young 

 chicks. 



Forty-nine samples of scratch feed were free from grit and 48 con- 

 tained grit in amounts varying from 0.G2 per cent to 18.2 per cent, the 

 average for all samples being 5.13 per cent. The average retail price 

 for scratch feed without grit was |1.91 per cwt. while for scratch feed 

 with grit it was $1.89 or only 2 cents per cwt. lower. No successful 

 poultry man can afford to pay the high prices for weed seeds and grit 

 that are now charged for this class of feed and purchasers should de- 

 mand a product that is reasonably free from these ingredients. In the 

 case of chick feeds there is some reason for including grit but the amount 

 should not exceed 2 or 3 per cent in any case. 



CORN AND OAT FEED. 



This classification includes various products such as pure ground corn 

 and oats, for which no license is required and mixtures of corn and oat 

 by-products either with, or without the addition of other grain by- 

 products. The latter should be licensed before being placed on sale. 



Sixty-three samples were collected, only 24 of which were guaranteed. 

 Thirteen (54%) of the guaranteed samples were deficient in fat and 2 

 (8%) were deficient in protein. Several of the samples had a high mois- 

 ture content which caused a rapid deterioration of the feed. Oat hulls 

 in varying amounts were present in many of the samples. 



WHEAT BRAN. 



One hundred and eleven samples of wheat bran were collected and 

 analyzed. Twenty-four of the samples were deficient in protein and 7 in 

 fat. The percentage of protein was found to vary from 12.7 to 18.8 per 

 cent and the fat from 3.1 to 5.7 per cent while the retail prices quoted 

 ranged from |23.00 to .|34.00 per ton. Screenings in excess of 2 per cent 

 were found to bo present in 50 per cent of the samples, the highest 

 amount determined being 18.83 per cent. In the majority of cases the 

 screenings were unground and consisted of broken wheat, chaff, oat 

 hulls and weed seeds. As many as 13 different kinds of weed seeds were 

 identified in some cases. 



Wheat bran with added screenings are held to be subject to the pro- 

 visions of the law and should be licensed before being placed on sale. 

 They should also be labelled so as to indicate the presence of the screen- 



ings. 



WHEAT MIDDLINGS. 



One hundred nine samples of wheat middlings, including one sample 

 of Red Dog Flour were collected. Eight of the samples were "White" 



