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Name of feed. 



Malt sprouts 



Germ oil meal 



Oats, ground 



Corn meal 



Bran and corn meal 



Mixed feeds (bran and middlings) 



Wheat offals (barn and middlings, unmixed) 



Proprietary and mixed feeds (mostly corn and oat 



products ) 



Poultry foods 



Miscellaneous feeds (oat hulls, screenings, etc.) , 



Total 



(3) No adulteration was observed among the cottonseed and 

 linseed meals, gluten products and brewery and distillery residues, 

 as shown by the official samples. Corn cobs were shown to be pres- 

 ent in three brands of licensed feeds, in two samples of unlicensed 

 bran and in one sample sold as pure corn meal. Several proprietary 

 feeds were found, as usual, to be made up in part of oat hulls. 



(4) Many samples of wheat offals, bran, middlings and the same 

 mixed, were found to be unadulterated and of good quality. The 

 same can be said of numerous samples of corn and oats ground 

 together. 



(5) The markets are offering many inferior feeding stuffs. At 

 the same time, the great bulk of commercial cattle foods available 

 to buyers are unadulterated and of good quality. 



department of animal husbandry. 



The importance of mineral matter and the value of grit. — In 

 poultry feeding the supply of mineral matter is a most important 

 consideration, and a number of feeding experiments have been under- 

 taken to ascertain what deficiencies exist in ordinary foods. 



In feeding chicks the beneficial results attending the use of certain 

 animal foods were found sometimes to be due chiefly to the bone 



