Average Analyses and Retail Prices. 



1016 



No. Samples 4 



Protein (per cent). 20.00 



Fat (per cent) 7.18 



Fiber (per cent) 17 . 69 



Price a ton $26.00 



Red dog flour, wkeat middlings, wheat mixed feed, 

 Wheat By- and wheat bran. No attempt has been made 



Products. to group the wheat feeds according to whether 



Pages 12-20 they do or do not contain screenings. Wheat 



feeds free from screenings have a pleasant wheaty odor and are 

 free from the black specks caused by the particles of ground 

 weed seed. Where screenings are present in any considerable 

 amount the feeds do not have as attractive an appearance and 

 are usually distinguished by what may be described as a "bitter" 

 odor due to the cruciferous weed seeds they contain. Many wheat 

 products are branded as containing "mill run of screenings", 

 "less than mill run of screenings", "trace of screenings", etc. 

 In preparing wheat for milling, practically every seed is removed 

 before the wheat goes to the rolls and any appreciable amount of 

 screenings present is due to the deliberate addition of screenings 

 after the wheat is milled. Where "mill run of screenings" is 

 added, the condition of the resulting feed will depend upon the 

 quality and purity of the wheat as purchased. Owing to climatic 

 conditions, wheat products produced from the 1915 crop contained 

 rather less protein than for former years. 



Three samples of Durum or Macaroni wheat feeds were se- 

 cured; one of the middlings and two of bran. These contained 

 less protein and rather more fat and fiber than did the feeds 

 produced from ordinary wheat. 



Nothing need be said in regard to the feeding value of wheat 

 products. They are staple articles of commerce and are sold 

 more extensively than all other classes of feeding stuffs. Owing 

 to a short wheat crop the price of flour as well as of all wheat pro- 

 ducts is advancing rapidly and it maj^ be advisable to substitute 

 dried brewers' grains or distillers' grains for wheat bran and mid- 

 dlings, particularly in the feeding of dairy stock; and to reduce 

 the grain ration to a minimum. 



Average Analyses and Retail Prices. 

 Red Dog Flour. 



1915 1916 



No. Samples 5 10 



Protein (per cent) 19.46 17.23 



Fat (per cent) 5.21 4.55 



Fiber (per cent) 2.79. 2.57 



Price a ton S37.00 $37 30 



