INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FEEDSTUFFS 



GROUND AND PULVERIZED OATS 



There appears to be a general misunderstanding as to what really constitutes 

 a ground oat. The Federal Grain Standards confuse the issue by declaring that 

 any mixture containing at least 80 percent of sound oats shall be considered as 

 "oals." We have yet to find oats of No. 2 grade (94 percent of sound cultivated 

 oats) that did not carry at least 4 percent of fat. The table of analyses which 

 follows indicates that some of the samples cannot be considered as better than 

 No. 4 (80 percent of sound cultivated oats) and in some instances are of a suffi- 

 ciently low grade to belong to the group known as feeding oats. It is believed 

 that the grade of oats from which ground oats are made should appear as a part 

 of the guarantee label. Attention is called to the two samples of ground oats 

 manufactured bv Jacob Trinley & Sons. While they may be derived from an 

 oat coming under one of the numerous Federal grades, they can in no sense be 

 considered pure ground oats as labeled. 



As a basis of comparison, the average analysis of 33 samples of oats of known 

 purity is given (95 percent or better of sound cultivated oats). This corresponds 

 with the No. 2 Federal grade. These averaged from 31 to 45 pounds in test 

 weight per bushel. No direct and consistent relation was noted between the 

 analysis and the test weight. 



Average analysis of ground oats, 33 samples 



Percent 



Water . 



10.3 



Protein X2A 



Fat. 



4. 



Nitrogen free extract ^9.5 



Fiber 10 ° 



Ash 3 - 3 



