New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 445 



It is entirely legal, of course, for dealers to sell the unmixed ma- 

 terials and then mix them at the request of the buyer. It is a great 

 convenience to be able to keep mixtures in stock, and many not un- 

 naturally regard it as a hardship that this is not allowed, but a little 

 reflection makes it clear that to allow this would open an easy way 

 for the practice of all sorts of adulteration and fraud. 



The sale of " mixed feeds " (mixed wheat offals) under proprie- 

 tary names merely has necessarily received attention. It is provided 

 that the brans and middlings from wheat, rye and buckwheat may 

 be sold without regard to the provisions of law applying to most 

 other feeds, provided these are " sold separately as distinct articles 

 of commerce." This provision has been construed as applying to 

 mixed wheat offals when pure and when sold under names that char- 

 acterize the real nature of the mixture. 



CONDIMENTAL PREPARATIONS. 



We have repeatedly called attention to the so-called condimental 

 preparations found in the markets. These generally consist of some 

 common feeding stuff like linseed meal as a basis, with which is 

 mixed varying proportions of aromatic and other substances. As 

 medicines these mixtures are regarded by veterinarians as without 

 importance and as foods they have none of the remarkable properties 

 claimed for them. They are worth for feeding purposes simply what 

 the bran or oil meal or other feed present is worth. The sale which 

 these " condimentals " now have, wholly because of skillful advertis- 

 ing, is a fact not very complimentary to the intelligence of farmers. 



THE CHARACTER OF FEEDS IN GENERAL. 



The freedom of comment in this bulletin on the low grade goods 

 found in the markets should not lead readers to the conclusion that 

 the great bulk of commercial feeding stuffs now offered to consumers 

 are adulterated or of inferior quality. 



The reverse is true, and buyers have everywhere abundant oppor- 

 tunity to purchase first class goods. 



