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oflfered, can afford to be particular, and desires only that up 

 to, or above the legal standard. In such cases there is 

 nothing for the farmer to do but to add some grade Jersey 

 or Guernsey cows to his herd. It certainly would be a long 

 step forward, if milk were sold not simply as milk, but with 

 a guarantee of composition. Milk containing 11.5 per cent, 

 solids and 3 per cent, of fat should surely bring less per 

 quart than milk containing 12, 13 or 14 per cent, solids, and 

 3.25, 4 or 5 per cent. fot. 



Cattle Feeds. — At its session of 1897, the State Legis- 

 lature passed a law authorizing the inspection of feed stuffs. 

 The work is being carried out by this department, and it is 

 hoped that it will result in keeping out poor and adulterated 

 material, and in keeping the regular articles of as constant a 

 composition as possible. Considerable adulterated cotton- 

 seed meal was found on the market during the early spring 

 months. This material consisted of a mixture of hulls and 

 meal, the former ground very fine in order to conceal its 

 identity. The adulterated product contained from 22 to 30 

 per cent, of protein, while a prime meal should show from 

 40 to 45 per cent. Farmers were warned through the agri- 

 cultural and daily papers of the presence of the adulterated 

 article, and cautioned against its purchase. The result of 

 this has been to produce a feeling of uncertainty and to re- 

 strict the use of the genuine article. To overcome this, the 

 American Cotton Oil Company have placed a guarantee of 

 composition upon every bag put out by them. It is hoped 

 other manufacturers will follow this example. Farmers 

 should hy all 'means give the preference to the guaranteed 

 article. 



Other new feed stuffs are those put out by the H. O. Com- 

 pany, under the name of dairy, horse and poultry feeds. 

 The feeding values of these feeds are being investigated. 

 Varieties of oat feeds, being mixtures of oat hulls with more 

 or less corn meal, are found in the market without name or 

 guarantee. Farmers are cautioned against their purchase, 

 for the reason that the price asked is, as a rule, considerably 

 in excess of their feeding value. 



Methods for the Determination of Starch. — The work 

 undertaken for the Association of Official Chemists, already 



