CONTROL SERIES BULLETIN No. 24 NOVEMBER, 1923 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FEEDSTUFFS 



By Philip H. Smith and Frank J. Kokoski 



The feed bill is the heaviest charge levied against the business 

 of the Massachusetts general farmer. It is greater than the bill for 

 labor, far greater than the bill for fertilizer, more significant in 

 many aspects than any other charge against the farm business other 

 than that of the time of the land ovi^ner himself. This fact but 

 emphasizes the importance to the farmer of knowing that the feeds 

 which he buys are as claimed. It is for the purpose of giving this 

 protection that the State, through its Experiment Station, has been 

 carrying on the work of inspection of commercial feedstuffs for the 

 past twenty-seven years. This is the twenty-ninth report of the 

 work, and presents the results of chemical analysis of the feeds 

 collected during the year ending September 1, 1923. 



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