DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY. 



J. B. LiNDSEY, Chemist. 



INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FEEDSTUFFS. 



BY PHILIP H. SMITH AND FRANK J. KOKOSKI, CHEMISTS, FEEDERICK A. McLAUGHLIN, 

 MICROSCOPIST, AND JAMES T. HOWARD, INSPECTOR. 



This bulletin contains the results of the twenty-eighth year of feeding stufT inspec- 

 tion. During the year (Sept. 1, 1923, to Sept. 1, 1924) 1,372 samples of feeding 

 stuffs collected of dealers and manufacturers were analyzed and are herein reported. 

 Three hundred and sixty-seven dealers located in 219 towns were visited at least 

 once. Eight hundred and fifty-one brands of feedstuffs were registered for sale in 

 Massachusetts by 244 manufacturers or dealers. In addition, four Federal samples 

 of cottonseed meal and one sample of Canadian bran were drawTi in cooperation with 

 the United States Department of Agriculture, resulting in the seizure of one car of 

 cottonseed meal which failed to meet its guarantee in protein. The Federal sample 

 of wheat bran contained approximately 28 per cent of screenings. 



As a whole the season has been uneventful. A severe depression in dairy farming 

 has affected the feed industry. This condition appears to be nation-wide and must 

 be, with the possible exception of certain sections, considered temporary. Whether 

 Massachusetts is to continue to produce a considerable proportion of the dairy products 

 consumed within her own borders depends largely upon whether production at a dis- 

 tance plus transportation costs less than production on local farms. The manufacture 

 of butter in Massachusetts has declined until it is very largely confined to the utili- 

 zation of surplus milk. Will the production of whole milk follow? Certain localities 

 pecuharly adapted to dairying wdll continue to produce milk, if agriculture is to con- 

 tinue at all in these particular sections. 



With the rapid growth of daiiying in some states of the Middle West formerly de- 

 voted almost entirely to the growing of cereals. New England is looking more and 

 more to Canada for the needed supplements to home grown feeds, particularly the 

 wheat by-products. 



