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as large a proportion of the flour as usual, and the resulting offal 

 being abnormally starchy, contained less than the average percent- 

 age of protein and fat. 



These mixtures, sold under the name of mixed feed, 



Wheat Feeds varied somewhat in composition. They were 



with nearly all properly guaranteed and buyers have only 



Admixtures. themselves to blame if they purchase them for 



Page i8. straight bran and middlings. The Jersey, put out by 



the Indiana Milling Co., the Indiana, sold by J. H. 

 Cressey & Co., the Dairy, offered by Jennings & Fulton, and a brand 

 bearing the name of J. H. Rodebaugh, Buffalo, are all of the same 

 general type. They were guaranteed to contain 12.05 ^^^ ^2.59 

 percent protein, and averaged 11.23 percent; they consisted of 

 approximately 500-600 pounds of ground corn cobs to the ton and 

 the balance of wheat by-products. In the Peerless and Royal brands, 

 but little cob was noticed, but a considerable quantity of screen- 

 ings, weed seeds and the like. 



ANALYSES AND PRICES. 



If genuine mixed wheat feed containing 16 percent protein and 

 4.5 per cent fat was sold for $23, during 1905, the above mixtures 

 could not be considered worth over $17 or $18 a ton. 



Bibbys dairy cake, composed of ground cottonseed, 

 Miscellaneous carob bean, cereal products, fenugreek and salt, 

 Dairy Feeds, nearly met its guarantee. Its ton price is out of 



Page 19. proportion to its feeding value. 



Union grains, put out by the J. W. Biles Co., is a 

 mixture of distillers' grains, corn or hominy meal, malt sprouts, wheat 

 by-products, cottonseed meal and salt. The manufacturers claim it 

 to be a ready ration for dairy stock, and the claim appears to be 

 well founded. It is believed that dairymen who carefully study the 



