892 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



case of 45 different brands. Since samples of 58 different licensed brands 

 were collected and analyzed during the year, we find that <VJ per cent of 

 the brands (40 different brands) were deficient in protein and 33 per cent 

 (19 different brands) were deficient in fat. These figures are strikingly 

 large and furnish conclusive proof that the various manufacturers of licensed 

 feeding stuffs do not pay much attention to the chemical composition of the 

 feeds which they put on the market in this State and generally place their 

 guaranties for valuable food components considerably higher than they have 

 reason to expect the feeds will reach. The figures also give evidence of the 

 indifference of buyers of feed as to whether the guaranties of the manufac- 

 turers are met or not. No permanent improvement in this respect can be hoped 

 for until purchasers of concentrated feeds post themselves more thoroughly in 

 regard to the composition of the various feeds and come to appreciate the value 

 of high-grade feeding stuffs. When this change occurs, the cost of the feed will 

 becomes of less importance than it is now, for buyers will realize that feeds 

 of good quality can not be sold at cheap prices. ... No serious adultera- 

 tions of concentrated feeding stuffs are practiced in this State, so far as we 

 have been able to ascertain : the admixture of screenings to mill feeds, especially 

 bran, is still practiced by a few nulls, but the quality of the mill feed sold in 

 our State is, on the whole, of a high grade.*' 



The inspection of feeding- stuffs in Wisconsin and some of the results so 

 far obtained, F. W. AVoll (Wisconsin Sta. Bui 13<>, pp. 51-70). — The im- 

 portance of laws regulating the sale of feeding stuffs, the operation of the Wis- 

 consin State law, and similar questions are spoken of, as well as the character 

 of the feeding stuffs sold in Wisconsin and related topics. While a large pro- 

 portion of the feeding stuffs, including the wheat bran and other by-products 

 which are so important, are of good quality, many instances of adulteration were 

 found. " Ground rice hulls have recently been introduced into the State and, 

 but for prompt action on our part, would be likely to have found their way 

 into the ground feed on our market and may do so yet in spite of our efforts. 

 ... As rice hulls are a dangerous feed and we have records that cattle have 

 died after eating large quantities thereof, we thought it our duty to call public 

 attention to the danger of these ground hulls finding their way into mixed feeds 

 sold in the State and to put our farmers and others on their guard." 



Foods for live stock (Jour. Jamaica Agr. SocL, 9 (1905), No. 12, pp. W, 

 -J.J8). — Analytical data regarding composition of local-grown corn and guinea 

 corn are reported, and the importance of local feeding stuffs is discussed. 

 It is pointed out that guinea corn is an important stock feed, and as a forage 

 crop it is claimed that it is more valuable than corn. " Hay grass," it is said, 

 is also a valuable feed, the young crop being especially rich in protein. 



" Bamboo leaves are another very good fodder. If in places where drought 

 in the spring is feared, the clumps that often dot pastures were at the end of 

 the October seasons cut down and fired, from the roots would spring up a mass 

 of rich vegetation, producing fodder through the driest weather. St. Mary 

 grass and the coarse guinea grass, sometimes called Cow Grass, are more nutri- 

 tious than is generally thought and form valuable fodders, not of much less 

 value than the best guinea grass." 



Barley, F. Barnstein (Landw. Vers. Stat., 63 (1905), No. 3-4, pp. 215-305, 

 figs. 18). — A summary of data on the origin and distribution, chemical composi- 

 tion, digestibility, feeding value, botanical structure, uses of barley and barley 

 products, and related questions. 



Digestion experiments, W. P. Gamble (Ann. Rpt. Ontario Agr. C<>1. and 

 Eocpt, Farm, 31 (1905), pp. 100-103).— The composition and digestibility of 



