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Sterling Feed and Blue Grass Valley Feed are mixtures of 

 wheat by-products and corn and cob meal. 



Pi-Co Feed is a by-product from the preparation of rice for 

 the market. It approximates corn meal in feeding value. 



III. Poultry Feeds. 



Meat Scraps, Meat and Bone Meal. These 

 Animal Products, products are listed as named by the manu- 

 Pages 37-38 facturers. There is no doubt that some 



of the so-called meat scraps could be more 

 properly called meat and bone meals on account of the large 

 amount of bone which they contain. In the purchase of meat 

 scraps preference should be given to those free from an excessive 

 amount of bone, of good mechanical condition, and free from dis- 

 agreeable taint or odor. The percentage of bone phosphate 

 present in the different products collected is given and also the 

 approximate percentage of bone as determined by formula, 

 (based upon the amount of bone phosphate present.) 



Uncle Sam Granulated Milk and Eg-0 Milk 

 Milk By-Products. y^/^Mwi(fn while evidently milk by-products, are 

 Page 38 in no sense what their names imply. The 



Eg-0 iVIilk Albumen contained 28. 93 per cent 

 of ash, 9.49 per cent of phosphoric acid and 14.24 per cent of 

 calcium oxide. 



The alfalfa meals reported varied to a con- 

 Alfalfa Meals. siderable extent in chemical composition, 

 Page 39 depending upon the quality of the alfalfa 



hay from which they are derived. While it 

 is difficult to judge as to the quality of alfalfa meal by appearance 

 alone, that of a bright color, of good clean odor and with a lib- 

 eral proportion of pulverized leaves will be found most satisfac- 

 tory. The first cutting of alfalfa, especially if harvested in late 

 bloom, is bound to make an inferior alfalfa meal. 



The poultryman who prefers to purchase his 

 Poultry Mashes feeds ready mixed will have no trouble in 

 and Meals. making a selection from the large number of 



Pages 40-44 brands offered. Preference should be given 



to those brands that do not contain grits, 

 lime or other inorganic material, which can be purchased much 

 cheaper than at grain prices. The large poultryman can usually 

 prepare his own mash cheaper than he can purchase many of the 

 proprietary articles. The samples collected showed a wide range 



