ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 969 



distillers' dried ;.'i';iiiis llic iiiMlcrinls cxniniiicd met or vci'v nearly met their 

 guarantees. 



" It should Mdt. of rourse. i)e inferred, because the present low grade of cotton- 

 seed meal is dei)lored and the continued shortage of distillers' dried grains is 

 lamented, lli.it consumers should turn the cold shoulder on these goods. Not- 

 withstanding their failures to meet guarantees, they are far better purchases 

 than are most if not all of the lower graded goods whose promised protein con- 

 tents are m;iintained." 



Licensed coniniercial feeding stuffs, 1906, F. W. Woi.l and (i. A. Olson 

 [WiNcoiixiii Stu. Jiiil. J'i.i, PI). ,>.'/). — Under the |)rovisions of the Stale feeding- 

 stuff law analyses were made of 24S samples of licensed and unlicensed feeds, 

 inrluding cotton-seed meal, linseed meal, gluten feeds, corn feeds and similar 

 goods, mixed corn and oat feeds, commercial and proprietary dairy and horse 

 feeds, malt sprouts, blood meal, meat meal and similar goods, mixed poultry 

 feeds, molasses feeds, rye sprouts, wheat br.'in. wheat middlings, molasses beet 

 imlp. o.-its, ground oats, clipjied oats, corn meal, damaged wheat, wheat screen- 

 ings, barley screenings, l)arle.v feed, barley hulls, wet brewers' grains, and 

 liuckwheat bran. 



According to the authors, considerable improvement has taken place in 

 recent years in the character of the concentrated feeds sold in Wisconsin. 

 The number of deficiencies in guaranteed composition of licensed feeds was 

 smaller this year, and fewer mixed feeds of inferior grade were offered for sale 

 than in the past. 



•* Farmers and dealers can. therefore, feel that the feed market in our State 

 is in a better condition in regard to the quality of the feed offered for sale, and 

 reputable dealers have less to fear from dishonest competition than ever before. 



" Several unsuccessful attempts were made to sell goods of inferior grade 

 during the .vear. So far as we have been able to ascertain, no serious adultera- 

 tions of feeding stuffs have, however, been practiced during the year in this 

 State. The admixture of undesirable materials, like screenings to fiour-mill 

 feeds, barley hulls to malt sprouts, or manufacture of refuse-feeds from i)oorly- 

 cleaned seed, as in the case of flour or oil mills, have been met with, but no 

 dangerous adulterations have been found as, for instance, with rice hulls, which 

 were found in last year's inspections." 



Stock food [corn silage for horses! {^atal Afir. .lour, tuid Miii. Rcc. D 

 (lOOli), Xo. 12. pp. 1123-1128). — The valiie of different forage crops for winter 

 feeding is spoken of. 



The statement is made that corn silage has l)een satisfactorily used at the 

 Mooi River Remount Depijt as feed for horses. The daily rati(m of horses 

 running in paddocks consisted of 4 lbs. of chopped coi'n silage, '1 lbs. of alfalfa 

 or forage, a few jiounds cf crushed corn, and an ounce of salt. " From the first 

 they liked the ensilage and did remarkably well (m it. Many horses not doing 

 well before showed imprsn-ement. The dropi)ings were of a particularly 

 healthy nature. The stabled horses also had a few pounds mixed with other 

 food — even those working — at their midday feed, and did well on it." 



The calculated and determined nutrients of rations, J. A. Mummel {Mimie- 

 sota St<t. Bill. Hi). /'/'• 121-1.12). — In discussing feeding problems it is customary 

 to calculate digestible nutrients by the aid of standard factors. Digestion 

 experiments with steers, undei'taken .'it (he station and not yet reported, .gave 

 the fipportunity of comi)aring c.ilculalecl and determined results. 



The ration fed consisted of 1 1 llis. of ground grain made u]) of corn me.al. 

 bran. oats, and oil cake 4 : .'5 : 2 : 1 with Ki lbs. of timothy bay and corn fodder 



