C. A TALK ABOUT THE RESULTS. 



It is not claimed that the number of ingredients identified in the 

 above foods is in all cases complete, for in such mixtures one is 

 likely to cover up another, and it is occasionally difiticult to positively 

 identify each single ingredient. It is believed, however, that the 

 examination is sufficiently complete to give a correct idea of the gen- 

 eral character of such foods. 



The chemist and microscopist have found these 

 Basic or Food foods to consist principally of ordinary grains and 

 Ingredients, concentrates, such as wheat by-products (bran and 

 middlings), corn meal and linseed meal. In some 

 cases a few hundred pounds to the ton of linseed, cottonseed, and 

 occasionally meat and bone meal have been added obviously to 

 increase the amount of protein ; such mixtures contained from lo to 

 20 per cent of that nutrient. Occasionally the presence of consid- 

 erable quantities of mustard hulls, cocoa shells, cocoanut shells and 

 weed seeds is noted, used evidently as a filler. 



The /^//'//'/-jy^7^;<^/->- more frequently reveal the presence of from 10 

 to 50 per cent of ground oyster shells or noticeable quantities of 

 ground bone, which accounts for the exceptionally high ash 

 percentage. 



It having been shown that the bulk of these foods 

 Nutritive and is made up of ordinary ground grains and by- 

 Commercial products, it must be evident to all. that they cannot 

 Values of the have a greater nutritive value than is to be found in 

 Food Ingre- the materials of which they are composed. The 

 dients. extravagant claims made by the manufacturers con- 



cerning their wonderful nutritive properties is in no 

 way substantiated by the analytical results. It also must be clear 

 that their commercial value from a nutritive standpoint cannot exceed 

 one to one and a half cents a pound. Certainly no one would enter- 

 tain the idea of purchasing these mixtures at the prices asked, 

 because of any particular nutritive value they may possess. 



In addition to the various cereals and by-products. 



Character of these foods contain small quantities of a variety of 



the Medicinal substances, most of which possess simple medicinal 



Ingredients, qualities, to which it is understood is attributed the 



wonderful nutritive and curative properties claimed 



for them. The condition poivders so called, generally contain 



