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Many of the wheat by-products contained an undue 



Wheat By- proportion of screenings, such as light oats, hulls, 



Products. weed seeds and quite often corn ; inferior wheat itself 



Pages 14-19. was sometimes incorporated. Buyers should examine 



these feeds and refuse to purchase those which 

 reveal an excessive amount of such material, which must be regarded 

 as actual adulteration. 



AVERAGE ANALYSES AND PRICES. 



No. of samples, 



Protein, 



Fat, 



Price a ton, 



No, of samples. 



Protein, 



Fat, 



Price a ton. 



Wheat Middlings, Standard. 

 All collections. 

 1904. 1905. 



22 



17.64 



5.22 



$26.29 



58 



15-93 

 4.82 



$24.39 



No. of samples, 



Protein, 



Fat, 



Price a ton, 



Wheat Mixed Feed. 



All collections. 

 1904. 1905. 



16.50 



4.62 



$25.87 



128 

 15.09 



4-45 

 $24.39 



No. of samples, 



Protein, 



Fat, 



Price a ton. 



Wheat Bran. 

 1904. 



16.07 

 4.44 



$24.40 



All collections. 

 1905. 



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14.39 



4-55 

 $23.09 



The 1904 wheat was generally inferior and naturally produced 

 inferior by-products. In many cases millers were unable to recover 



