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The Bulletin. 



Feeding Value of Preparations Sold Under the Name of Stock and 



Poultry Foods. 



While the majority of the preparations examined are sold under 

 the name of tonics, conditioners, etc., and not as feeds or foods, and 

 none of them make any claim as to the feeding value of the prepara- 

 tion, still a few of them are sold under the name of stock and poultry 

 foods. In the following table are presented the feed analyses of 

 several of these preparations. 



FEED ANALYSIS OF STOCK AND POULTRY FOODS. 



It will be seen from these analyses that none of these preparattions 

 are as valuable from a feed standpoint as the average mill product. 



Comparing the composition and price of No. 3, with wheat bran, 

 its base material, it is seen that wheat bran containing protein 

 15.38 per cent, fat 4.63 per cent, and fiber 8.30 per cent, sells for 

 $1.50 per one hundred pounds, while j^o. 3 containing protein 10.88 

 per cent, fat 2.26 per cent, and fiber 5.45 per cent, sells for $10.40 

 per one hundred pounds. In other words No. 3 is not as niitritous as 

 wheat bran but sells for nearly seven times as much as wheat bran. 



Comparing No. 11 with linseed meal, its base meaterial, it is seen 

 that linseed meal containing protein 33.87 per cent, fat 6.08 per 

 cent, and fiber 7.29 per cent, sells for $2.75 per one hundred pounds, 

 while No. 11 containing protein 11.63 per cent, fat 3.81 per cent, 

 and fiber 5.07 per cent, sells for $15.60 per one hundred pounds. 

 Linseed meal contains more than twice as much protein as No. 11, 

 but No. 11 sells for more than six times as much as linseed meal. 



These figures are sufficient to show that both from point of feed- 

 ing value and from point of price these preparations are not to be 

 considered as foods for cither stock or poultry. 



The excessive prices charged for these preparations are, accord- 

 ing to the manufacturers, not for their feeding value, but for the 

 medical value which they possess. The analyses show that they are 

 •composed largely of the base materials, wheat bran, linseed meal, etc., 

 jnd the drugs for which such extensive claims are made compose 



