No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 453 



The trade journals tliat are devoted to the sale of grains, flours 

 and feeds are large advertisers of what is known as chicken wheat. 

 This wheat is a very low grade, a large percentage of the grains are 

 shriveled up, containing a very low percentage of starch and is al- 

 most worthless. They also buy a large amount of screenings which 

 contain a large amount of weed seeds, but, as stated by me before in 

 this paper, they are not selling the same in Pennsylvania, as the 

 activity of the Department of Agriculture in enforcing the law has 

 rid our markets of these worthless grains. 



We have a large number of samples of feeding stuffs in our labora- 

 tory. 1 had hoped that we would be able to place our exhibit before 

 you, but the winter fair which was held last week in Pittsburg had 

 requested the Secretary to have this exhibit made there, and it has 

 not been returned in time for us to make an exhibit here, but if 

 you will call at the laboratory on the fifth floor of this building, 

 the Chief Chemist or Assistant Chemists will gladly show you 

 samples of feeding stufts. Our exhibit at Pittsburg was visited by 

 hundreds of people, and a large number of requests for Bulletin No. 

 208 were made. This bulletin was compiled by Mr. James W. Kellogg 

 and great credit should be given him for the ability he has shown 

 in this work. If it were possible for each farmer and stock feeder 

 to have a copy of this bulletin on his table, he could be saved large 

 sums of money in buying feeds. If you or your friends will send 

 your names to Mr. Kellogg, he will place them on our mailing list 

 and mail to you a copy of Bulletin No. 208. We now have a list 

 of 6,000 names and this is increasing each year. The bulletin for 

 the work done in the year 1911 is now being prepared and will be 

 published in due time. 



I herewith give you a table showing the work done by us in the 

 visitation of the agents of the Department of Agriculture. You 

 will see by this table, the agents visited a number of towns and did 

 not obtain samples. The reason for this was that they had secured 

 samples in neighboring towns of the same brand of feed. In 1910 we 

 secured 1,500 samples, and in 1911, 1,000. The reason for this 

 difference is last year our agents took a large number of samples 

 of wheat bran and middlings. We found that the wheat brans and 

 middlings were pure, and as the mixing of ground corn cobs with 

 brans and middlings had ceased, and to save expense of analyzing, 

 we have not drawn so many samples of bran and middlings. But we 

 do not want you to think we are not taking samples of wheat bran 

 and Avheat middlings. We take a few of each manufacturer we find 

 on the markets, and in this way, we keep a check on what is being 

 sold in our Commonwealth: 



