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The samples analyzed may be classified as follows : 



T.XBLE III.— Cl.assification of Samples Analyzed. 



Name of feed. 



Cottonseed meal 



Distiller's grains 



Brewer's grains 



Linseed cake, ground , 



Linseed oil meal 



Gluten meal 



Gluten feed 



Hominy feed 



Malt sprouts 



Germ oil meal 



Oats, ground 



Corn meal 



Bran and corn meal 



Mixed feeds (bran and middlings) 



Wheat ofTals (bran and middlings, unmixed) 



Proprietary and mixed feeds (mostly corn and oat products) 



Poultry foods 



Miscellaneous feeds (oat hulls, screenings, etc.) 



Total 518 



353 



In the feed inspection this year an unusually large number of 

 samples of corn meal and corn and oat products were collected in 

 order to discover if possible the extent of adulteration, if any, and, 

 owing to the fact that the inspection covered so many samples, it was 

 impossible to analyze them as soon as they reached the laboratory. 

 When the time came to analyze them it was found that many were 

 so moldy and wet that an analysis of such materials would not repre- 

 sent the composition of the samples as found in the market. The 

 cause of the bad condition of these samples lies in the fact that the 

 summer of 1902 was tmusually wet and the cereals, especially corn, 

 did not dry out properly but contained an excess of moisture. The 

 presence of this abnormal content of moisture hastens the growth of 

 certain molds which could be readily seen on the surface of the 

 material and it has been shown^ that samples analyzed after this mold 



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