486 GRASSES OF lOW^, 



484, which were read directly from the convenience table (Table 

 IV), at the left hand side of page 479. The use of this table 

 obviates this tedious though simple calculation " 



For a consideration of the subject in general, Professor 

 Henry's work on "Feeds and Feeding" is recommended for 

 those who may desire to stady the subject more thoroughly 

 than it is possible to present in this paper. 



CONDIMENTAl. FOODS. 



At present in addition to the impDrtant question relating to 

 feeds and feeding the farmer has his attention attracted to the 

 various advertisements of the so-called "cattle-foods" and the 

 extraordinary claims made for these substances often lead one 

 to conclude that it would be wise to give them a trial The 

 following extract is taken from Bulletin No. 106 of the New 

 York Experiment Station and presents the results of an 

 investigation which will be of value to those interested in this 

 subject. 



"There is found very prevalent in our markets a class of 

 substances bearing the term "food" that are noted chiefly for 

 being sold in small packages at remarkable prices, en the 

 strength of claims which are sometimes startling even in this 

 time of daily miracles as set forth in the advertising columns 

 of our newspapers. These proprietary wonders are usually 

 marvelous both in their nutritive and their healing effects, for 

 if one may believe the statements concerning some of hem, 

 they are remarkably loaded with nutritive energy and the dis- 

 eases they will not cure would be highly interesting to the veter- 

 inarian as pathological novelties. It is most surprising to find 

 after being told that the effect of these "foods" is to enrich 

 milk, produce bovine obesity with remarkable rapidity and 

 banish disease, that so far no one of them has been exami ed 

 that is not made up largely of some common grain product 

 mixed with more or less of the commonest drugs and other 

 substances having little curative value, nearly all of which of 

 any merit, whatsver may be found oq the pantry shelf or in the 

 horse stable of many farms. It is strange, too, that farmers 

 have not long ago discovered for themselves, if it is true, that 

 when bran or some other common feeding stuff is compounded 

 with the equally common charcoal, silt, sulphur, saltpetre, fen- 

 ugreek, etc., the nutritive power of the food is greatly 

 enhanced and the drug takes on unheard of curative properties. 

 Nevertheless we are asked tj believe such is the case. No 



