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Feeds and Feeding. 



the owners of such animals as well. Whenever one is in doubt he 

 should purchase only the pure unmixed grains, standard mill or fac- 

 tory by-products, or proprietary feeds of the highest grade that have 

 won a good reputation, always remembering that, as a rule, the high- 

 est priced concentrates are usually the cheapest. 



346. Standards. Lindsey of the Massachusetts Station 1 gives the 

 following standards of quality for first-class commercial feeding 

 stuffs bearing the different names: 



Standards for commercial feeding stuffs. 



The crude protein and fat set forth in the table represent valuable 

 parts of the feeds, while the fiber indicates the woody and more or 

 less inert, useless matter. Accordingly, the higher a feed is in crude 

 protein and fat above the standard and the more it falls below it in 

 fiber the better is that feed. 



Bui. 120. 



