DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY. 



J. B. LiNDSEY, Chemist. 



INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FEED- 

 STUFFS. 



BY P. H. SMITH, CHEMIST IN CHAEGE. ^ 



Introduction. 



This bulletin is a report of the feeding stuff inspection extending from 

 September 1, 1917, to September 1, 1918, and authorized by the Massa- 

 chusetts Acts and Resolves for 1912, chapter 527, entitled "An Act to regu- 

 late the sale and analysis of food stuff used for feeding live stock and poultry." 

 During the year, 176 dealers, located in 108 different towns, were visited at 

 least once and about 1,200 samples were collected and analyzed. One thousand 

 two hundred and forty-six brands of feeding stuffs were registered for sale, 

 not all of which, however, were found by the inspector. 



War conditions have brought about a number of changes in the feeding 

 stuff situation. Brewers' and distillers' dried grains and malt sprouts are 

 practically out of the market, and the wheat by-products, bran and middhngs 

 are in limited supply. On the other hand, a number of feeding stuffs new 

 to Massachusetts, or at least seldom used, such as velvet bean feed, cocoanut 

 oil cake meal, peanut oil cake feed, barley feed, corn feed meal, rye feed and 

 oat feed, are being offered. The value and use of these feeds will be discussed 

 later in this bulletin. 



The past winter, because of freight congestion and severe weather, found 

 many dealers with stocks exhausted. This condition was followed in the 

 spring by the late arrival of goods long overdue and caused the overloading 

 of elevators and storehouses. It is to the credit of the grain dealers that few 

 violations of the feeding stuff law came to our attention even under such un- 

 favorable conditions. Early in the year one dealer was prosecuted and found 

 guilty for selling a so-called meat scrap decidedly below guarantee. 



> The inspection and coUection of samples were carried out by J. T. Howard. The analyses of the samples 

 were made by J. B. Smith, B. L. Feables, Esther Mixer and the writer. 



