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the author states that one sort is as good as another, providing they are equally 

 well developed. Alfalfa meal, he points out, is much sui)erior to clover meal 

 as a source of protein, and the tops of both plants are the best portion for 

 poultry feeding. " Poultry men should grow their own clover, cutting and cur- 

 ing it when in the bud." 



To facilitate the mixing of i-ations a table is given which shows the weight of 

 a quart and the measure of a pound of a number of the more common proteid 

 and starchy feeds. 



The feed control in 1905-6, J. W. Carson and G. S. Fraps (Texas Sta. Bui. 

 90, pp. 7'/). — The text of the State feeding-stuff law is given and the results of 

 examination of 1,620 samples are reported. These include corn chops, Kafir 

 corn, corn, bran, corn-and-cob meal, wheat bran, wheat shorts, wheat chops, 

 cotton-seed meal, cotton-seed cake, cotton-seed scrum, cotton-seed feed (cold 

 processed cotton-seed meal and hulls), mixed feeds, rice bran, rice polish, rice 

 hulls, chicken feed (cracked rice), milo maize, ground oats, alfalfa meal, mixed 

 poultry feed, blood meal, meat meal and similar goods, bone for poultry, and 

 tankage. A number of samples were found lower than guaranteed, but in gen- 

 eral the feeding stuffs on the market were satisfactory. " There have, of course, 

 been cases in which inferior or adulterated feeding stuffs were sold, but for the 

 most part the feeding stuffs have been of excellent (luality." 



Commercial feeding stuffs, J. L. Hills and C. II. Jones {Vermont l^ta. Bui. 

 12Jf, pp. 8). — The following materials, cotton-seed meal and feed, linseed meal, 

 gluten meal and feed, distillers' dried grains, molasses feed, hominy feed, oat 

 feed, corn and oat feed, mixed feed and ground corn cubs, calf meal, meat and 

 bone meal and poultry feed, were collected during the spring of 1906 and exam- 

 ined under the provisions of the State feeding-stuff law. Most of the materials 

 entirely or very nearly met their guarantees. 



As regards cotton-seed feeds, the authors call attention to the fact that their 

 guaranteed protein content is practically one-half and their retail price five- 

 sixths that of cotton-seed meal. 



With the excepti(m of 2 of the lower grade samples, all of the distillers' dried 

 grains offered for sale were below the guarantee, as were also 4 of the 7 

 samples of molasses feeds. " These goods are relatively new on the Vermont 

 feed markets, and are — speaking broadl.v — admixtures of waste molasses and 

 sugars with sundry grain products and offals, or with beet pulp." With the 

 exception of 1 brand, the 4 alfalfa feeds were equal to their guarantees. 

 " These are also somewhat new in eastern markets. Cut or ground alfalfa 

 hay — the whole plant in some cases, the more tender portions in others — form 

 the basis, to which are sometimes added more or less of the approved forms of 

 concentrates. The straight ground hay needs no guaranty." 



" It should be clearly understood that guaranty maintenance, though desir- 

 able, is not the sole criterion by which a feed should be gaged. Many brands 

 habitually contain less protein than their manufacturers claim for them, yet, 

 notwithstanding, at ruling prices are far more economical and desirable pur- 

 chases than are some feeds which regularly meet the low standards their mak- 

 ers set for them." 



Commercial feeding stuffs, J. L. Hills and C. H. Jones (Vermont Sta. Bui. 

 125, pp. 11-16). — In carrying out the State feed-inspection work, examinations 

 were made of a number of samples of cotton-seed meal, linseed meal, gluten feeds, 

 distillers' dried grains, brewers' dried grains, molasses feeds, alfalfa feeds, 

 hominy feed, oat feeds, corn and oat feeds, wheat offals, and provenders, col- 

 lected in November, 11)06. With the exception of the cotton-seed mc^al and the 



