EIGHTH REPORT ON CONCENTRATED FEEDS AND COTTON- 

 SEED MEAL 



By G. M. MacNIUER. Feed Chemist anu MicnoscopiaT, 



ASSISTED BY 



E. W. THORNTON and W. H. STROVVD. Assistant Chemists. ' 



Since the publication of the last Keport on Concentrated Feeds, 

 550 samples of feeds and 110 samples of cotton-seed meals have been 

 analyzed, making a total of 660 samples. 



The number of samples of each class of feed are as fc^llows : 



Wheat Bran and Mixed Brans 56 



Middlings or Shorts ^^ 



Bran and Shorts 1^ 



Shipstuff . 41 



Rye Feeds ^ 



Corn and Oat Feeds 1' 



Rice Feeds ^^ 



Molasses Feeds 23 



Alfalfa Feeds 27 



Beet Pulp 3 



Chop Feeds and Meals 1-S 



Cotton-seed Meal Feeds 29 



Peanut Feeds ^ 



Gluten Feed i 



Cracked Corn 30 



Special Mixed Feeds 32 



Poultry Feeds 35 



Miscellaneous Mixed Feeds 54 



Microscopic Examinations on Feeds not analyzed 81 



Cotton-seed Meals HO 



Total - 060 



SUMMARY OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE FEED LAW. 



A copy of the State Feed Law, together with the rulings and stand- 

 ards adopted by the Board of Agriculture, will be mailed upon request. 

 The following brief summary gives the chief points of the law, with 

 which every manufacturer must comply before offering feeds for sale 

 in this State : 



All feeds offered for sale in this State shall be in standard weight 

 packages of 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175 and 200 pounds. 



'Some of the determinations of fiber, moisture and aah were made by J. K. Plummer. 



