AMM \l. PEODDCTION. 1101 



"The examinations of these feeds show thai in many cases I he dealers <!«» nol give 

 the guaranties, as required by law. When given, they are too often misleading, 



being much higher than the composition of the g Is warrants. This is especially 



noticeable in the gluten meals and gluten feeds. 



"The mixtures of wheal feed and corncobs, formerly sold, illegally, as 'wheat 

 feed,' are now sold under distinctive name- an. I with a guaranty; thus complying 



with t la- law . 



••Then' are -till on the market a large number of low-grade mixed feeds, of very 

 moderate feeding value, but sold for onlj a fem dollars per ton It--- than the standard 

 high-grade feeds." 



In most cases a feeder can nol use to advantage any boughten feed containing less 

 than L5 per cent of protein. 



"Ready-mixed feeds, mad.' of a number of by-products or factory wastes, may 

 wisely be lei alone, unless the buyer can see for himself <>nt of jusl what raw mate- 

 rial the mixture is being prepared. Low grade, damaged corn, shriveled wheat, pea- 

 nut refuse and wheat screenings containing many wee. I seeds, are uol infrequently 

 found in such feeds by careful examination, but are not easy for the buyer himself 

 to recognize." 



Commercial feeding- stuffs sold in Maryland, II. B. McDonnell kt ai. | \hl. 

 Agr. Col. Quart., 1905, No. SO, pp. 7). — :The protein and fat were determined under 

 the state feeding-stuff law in a number of samples of meat meal and other poultry 

 feeds of animal origin, cotton-seed meal, linseed meal, impressed flaxseed meal, 

 gluten feed, molasses grains, wheat middlings, alfalfa meal, short-cut alfalfa, dried 

 distillers - grains, wheat bran, wheat middlings, proprietary poultry \>-i-<\>, pigeon 

 ii->^\, ground oats, sugar-beet pulp feeds, corn bran, and mixed and proprietary 

 feeds. " We have reason to believe thai ground peanut hulls are being used to some 

 extent to adulterate feeds, probably bran, and purchasers should he on the lookout 

 for this, as the hulls are worthless as a feed." 



Concentrated feeding stuffs, J. P. Street, W. P. Allen, and V. J. Cabbbrbi 

 [New Jersey Shis. Bvl. 193, pp. 38). — The feeding stuffs examined under the State 

 pure-food law included cotton-seed meal, Linseed meal (old process), germ meal. 

 gluten feed, corn bran, hominy meal and similar goods, distillers' and brewers' 

 grains, malt sprouts, molasses grains, mixed and proprietary feeds, his. ant refuse, 

 biscuit refuse and milk, alfalfa meal, barley i{-n\, dried sugar beet pulp, meat meal 

 and proprietary poultry feeds, calf meal, wheat bran, wheat middlings, feeding flour, 

 wheat feed, rye bran, rye feed, corn meal, corn-and-cob meal, mixed ground grains, 

 buckwheat middlings, buckwheat bran, and buckwheat feed. 



"of the 125 different brands of im] received, and which should have been guar- 

 anteed, four failed to meet this requirement. 



" Of the 241 samples which were guaranteed, • "» were deficient, 71 of these being 

 low in protein. 



" Of the 103 samples which did not require a guarantee, all were pure products, 

 hm the wheat brans and feeding Hours were below normal quality. 



" No direct adulteration i> reported, hut there are a Dumber of ivi-A> on the market 

 whose composition does not warrant the high guarantees they carry. 



"The purchaser of protein will rarely find any feed containing less than 15 per 

 cent of protein a desirable or an economical purchase, and in all cases a strict regard 

 must be given to the amounl of nutrients guaranteed and the prices asked for the 

 same. ' ' 



Third report on concentrated feeding stuffs and cotton-seed meal, I'.. \\ '. 

 KlLGOEE, ('. D. Hakims, and .1. ( '. Phblps ( Bui. \. C. I><j>'. Agr., f6 {1906), No. 11, 

 />/>. 63, figs. 7). — Under the provisions of the State feeding-stuff law 534 samples of 

 wdieat bran, wheal middlings, bran and shorts, ship stuff, oal in^y, com and oat feeds, 

 rice meal, rice feed, peanut bran, peanut feed, molasses or sugar feeds, malt sprouts, 

 gluten feed, hominy feeds and chops, cotton-seed meal, cotton-seed hulls, cotton- 

 seed feeds, and mixed and proprietary feeds. 



