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Red dog is a very low grade flour, and represents the dividing 

 line between the feed and high grade flour. 



Flour middlings is a mixture of middlings and red dog flour. 



Mixed feed is generally a mixture of bran, middlings and red dog 

 flour. 



H. 0. dairy feed consists of oat feed as a basis, mixed with feeds 

 high in protein, such as cottonseed and gluten meals. 



Class IV. 



Cerealine feed. This feed comprises the hull, and some of the 

 starch of the corn. It is the by-product resulting in the manufac- 

 ture of the breakfast preparation known as cerealine flakes. It is 

 very coarse. It possesses a feeding value but slightly inferior to 

 corn meal. 



Hominy feed or chop. Hominy is the hard part of the corn kernel. 

 The separation of the hull, germ and some of the starch which con- 

 stitutes the feed, is said to be brought about solely by the aid of 

 machinery and steam. 



Chop feed has been described under gluten products. 



Oat feed., corn and oat chop., etc. Oat feed is the refuse from fac- 

 tories engaged in the preparation of oat meal and other cereals for 

 human consumption. It consists of poor oats, hulls, and some of 

 the bran and starch removed in the process of manufacture. It is 

 sometimes mixed with corn, as corn and oat chop. 



D. LAW CONCERNING CONCENTRATED FEED STUFFS. 



The following law was passed by the JNIassachusetts Legislature 

 at its session of 1897 : 



[Chap. 117,] 

 an act relative to concentrated commercial feed stuffs. 



Be it enacted., etc., asfolloivs: 



Section 1. The director of the Hatch Experiment Station of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College is hereby authorized and directed, 

 in person or by deputy, to take samples not exceeding two pounds in 

 weight from any lot or package of concentrated commercial feed stuff, 

 used for feeding any kind of farm live stock, which may be in the 

 possession of any manufacturer, importer, agent or dealer, cause the 

 same to be analyzed for the amount of crude protein and crude fat 



