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MisrKLi.AMiors .Mixi:i) fkkds. 



In this class are grouped feed.^ which are sold under the name 

 Mixed Feed, Mill Feed and Feed. These are usually mixtures of 

 wheat products, wheat and corn products, and cotton-seed meal. 



As with other classes of mixed feeds, the manufacturers are re- 

 quired to state on the tag the ingredients which compose them, and 

 the purchaser should pay special attention to see that this is done. 



SALT IN FEEDS. 



It lias been found that some manufacturers of mixed feeds now 

 add salt, in small quantity, to the feeds. The molasses feeds and the 

 alfalfa mixed feeds are usually the ones in which salt is found. A 

 number of samples of feeds of these tw^o classes were examined and 

 salt was found in several of them, the amount varying from a few 

 tenths of one per cent to slightly over one per cent. The presence of 

 a very small amount of salt in a mixed feed is not objectionable, but 

 in all cases where it is added the fact should be plainly stated on 



the tag. 



ADULTERANTS. 



The following materials when mixed with feeds without sufficient 

 labeling to indicate their presence are considered adulterants : corn 

 bran, rice hulls, ground corncobs, peanut hulls, peanut middlings, oat 

 hulls, mill sweepings, screenings, cotton-seed hulls, and similar 

 products. 



ANALYSES OF FEED ADULTERANTS. 



ANALYSES OF SAMPLES OF FEEDS, SEASON 191L 



On the following pages will be found the results of the chemical and 

 microscopic analyses of samples of stock feeds collected by the in- 

 spectors of the Department, and those sent in by individuals, dealers 

 and manufacturers.. A study of these tabulated results will show 

 which brands are pure and come up to the manufacturer's guarantee. 



