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Results of Inspection. 



Unmixed By-Prodticts. 



With few exceptions, the unmixed by-products confoi*med to guarantee 

 and were as represented. Five samples of cottonseed meal fell slightly below 

 guarantee. Two samples of Commander Standard Middlings, carrying the 

 brand of Commander Mill Co. of Minneapolis, showed an excess of fiber and 

 should be considered as fine ground bran. One sample of Glenceco Wheat 

 Feed showed a deficiency of 1.6 per cent in protein, due to incomplete sepa- 

 ration of the flour. Two samples of Preferred Mixed Feed, maiuifactured 

 by the Stanley Wood Grain Co., of Taunton, showed protein deficiencies, 

 as did a sample of Red Dog Flour from the Osakis Milling Co. One sample 

 of Yellow Hominy Feed from the Quaker Oats Co. showed a deficiency of 

 1.2 per cent in fat. 



In order to check possible adulteration, a considerable number of products 

 not requiring registration are examined each year. Of twenty-five samples 

 of corn meal examined, one lot put out by E. A. Cowee Co., Fitchburg, had 

 a water content of 22.6 per cent and could be considered adulterated on 

 account of the excessive amount of water it contained. A normal corn meal 

 should carry a water content of about 12 per cent. Another lot. sold by the 

 Maritime Milling Co., had a fat content of 7.2 per cent and more nearly 

 resembled corn feed meal or yellow hominy in composition. 



Of the seventy-one samples of ground oats examined, one lot contained 

 excessive hulls, as indicated by its fiber content of 15 per cent. This was 

 collected at the store of the Stanley Wood Grain Co. in Middleboro. Four 

 samples collected later showed a normal fiber content. One sample of ground 

 oats collected at the store of Mackenzie & Winslow in Fall River appeared 

 abnormal on account of its low fiber content. Subsequent investigation 

 proved this lot to have been made of barley mixed oats. 



Prepared or Mixed Feeds (two or more ingredients). 



Of this group, 12.5 per cent showed deficiencies fa shortage of more than 

 one per cent in protein or fat, or an excess of more than one per cent of fiber) ; 

 in 1925, deficiencies were found in 17.6 per cent of the products sampled. 

 Over one-half of these deficiencies can be attributed to the following manu- 

 facturers : 



.J. Cushing Co., Fitchburg 



John W. Eshelman & Sons. Lancaster, Pa. 



Park & PoUard Co., Inc., Buffalo, N. Y. 



Stanley Wood Grain Co., Taunton 



Dairy Feeds. The use of ready mixed dairy feeds has greatly increased 

 during the last decade. In 1917, the Massachusetts inspectors collected 

 ninety-five samples of dairy and molasses feeds, representing twenty-two 

 brands. In 1926, two hundred and sixty-six samples, representing ninety- 

 four brands, were collected. The growing demand for ready mixed grain 

 rations in preference to those prepared on the farm can probably be attrib- 

 uted to several causes, of which the fact that large co-operative associations 

 are offering to their members ready rations, instead of the by-products of 

 which they are composed, is not the least, as it forces other interests in the 

 grain business to offer smiliar mixtures to their trade. 



It is probably true that even with a wide variation in chemical composi- 

 tion and in the ingredients, both as to kind and proportions used, farm ani- 

 mals are as well fed as when dependence was placed more extensively on 

 home mixing. In the purchase of ready rations the feeder should be influ- 

 enced by the chemical composition and ingredients, together with the suita- 

 bilitj' of a particular ration as a supplement to his home grown forage and 

 grain. 



The ingredients used to make up the various brands of dairy feeds reported 

 are as follows: 



