SIXTH REPORT ON CONCENTRATED FEEDING STUFFS AND 



COTTON-SEED MEAL 



B. W. KILGORE, State Chemist. 



By C. D. HARRIS (Peed Chemist and Microscopist in Charge 

 op Inspection and Analysis op Feeds) 



AND 



L. L. BRINKLEY and Dr. J. M. PICKEL. 



Since the publication of the last Bulletin on Concentrated Feeding 

 Stuffs 497 samples of feeds and cotton-seed meals have been examined. 

 The number of samples of each kind is as follows : 



Wheat Bran and Mixed Brans , 51 



Middlings, or Shorts 50 



Brans and Shorts 15 



Shipstuff 47 



Corn and Oat Feeds. ., . . 12 



Rice Feeds 7 



Molasses Feeds 13 



Beet Pulp 2 



Hominy Feeds and Chops , 14 



Cotton-seed Feeds 3 



Special Mixed Feeds 18 



Miscellaneous Feeds 88 



Miscellaneous Feeds examined microscopically 108 



Cotton-seed Meals 55 



Cracked Corn , 14 



Total 497 



DUTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



It is the duty of the Department of Agriculture to see that all feeds 

 are properly marked, to collect and examine them in order to note 

 whether they are as represented, and to publish the results for the 

 benefit of all interested parties. 



The Department also analyzes free any sample of feeding stuff 

 sent in. 



The Department stands ready, through correspondence and through 

 the personal services of its regular inspectors, to furnish whatever in- 

 formation it may possess concerning the character and nutritive value 

 of all feed stuffs. 



