Department of Chemistry 



J. B. LINDSEY, Chemist. 



Inspection of 

 Commercial Feedstuffs 



By P. H. SMITH, Chemist in Charge* 



Assisted by 

 C. L. BEALS and J. T. HOWARD 



INTRODUCTION. 



This bulletin contains the results of the inspection of commer- 

 cial feedstuff's offered for sale in Massachusetts during the year 

 ending September 1, 1915. Ten hundred and forty-three 

 samples were collected at 168 different places of business. Over 

 1100 brands of feeding stuffs have been registered and permits 

 for sale issued. 



During the past year business conditions, owing to the Euro- 

 pean war, have been such that the feeding stuff situation lias been 

 decidedly abnormal. Cereal grains have ruled high while the 

 price of many of the cereal by-products, owing principally to the 

 fact that the normal export outlet had been shut off, bore little 

 relation to the price obtained for whole grains. This situation 

 has led to an exceptional opportunity for the use of discretion and 

 intelligence in the purchase of feeding stuffs. 



The beginning of what eventually may be an important 

 movement for New England farmers has also been noted in the 

 shipment of California feeding stuffs to New England ports by 

 way of the Panama Canal. Shipments of barley, oats, alfalfa 

 meal, malt sprouts and some molasses feeds have been received. 

 If local freight rates to inland points do not offset the cheap rate 

 for water transportation, this new source of feeding stuffs should 

 prove of benefit. 



The sale of the so-called molasses feeds continues to increase. 

 Forty brands of such feeds were collected. Many contained low 



*The collection of samples and inspection were carried out 

 by Mr. Howard. Practically all of the analyses were made by 

 Mr. Beals. 



