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These feeds appear to be confined to two brands. 

 Wheat Feeds the Indiana and Jersey, the former bearing the name 

 with of J. E. Cressey & Co., and the latter of the Indiana 



Admixtures. MilHng Co., Terre Haute. They were not generally 

 Page 17. offered, but samples were collected from Griffin Bros, 

 and Mackenzie & Winslow, Fall River ; J. A. Bou- 

 vier, J. Franks and Hathaway & Mackenzie of New Bedford ; Maiden 

 Grain Co., Maiden, and H. K. Webster, Lawrence. These brands are 

 guaranteed to consist of wheat bran, winter wheat middlings, winter 

 wheat ship stuff, and corn cob meal. The samples collected con- 

 sisted principally of bran and ground corn cobs, in the proportion of 

 approximately 1,400 to 1,500 pounds of the former and 500 to 600 

 pounds of the latter. They averaged 12.69 P^'' ^^^^ ^^ protein and 

 3.54 per cent fat, against 15. n per cent protein and 4.77 per cent 

 fat in wheat bran, and sold for $22.86 a ton, against an average of 

 $23.18 for bran. Such material cannot be worth more than the bran 

 which it contains, minus the cost of freight at the rate of $5 a ton 

 on the cobs. Our observations lead us to infer that these goods are 

 frequently offered untagged, or sold for straight bran, the tags having 

 been removed before delivery. IFe cannot caiitiou buyers too strongly 

 to be — 071 their guard — against such deception. 



These feeds are composed of a mixture of several 

 Dairy Feeds, grains or by-products, and are evidently intended as 



Page 19. a complete grain ration for dairy stock. 



Biles' Union Grains contained distillers' dried grains, 

 malt sprouts, oat and wheat by-products, hominy, linseed and cotton- 

 seed meals and salt. It met its guarantee, and cost from $28 to $30 

 a ton. 



Creamery feed, put out by the Buffalo Cereal Co., met its 20 per 

 cent protein guarantee, but fell short of its 5 per cent fat guarantee 

 some three-quarters of a per cent. Oat, corn and wheat by-products, 

 as well as cottonseed and linseed meals were noted in its composi- 

 tion ; it retailed at $24 to $29 a ton. 



Chapin' s alfalfa 7neal \% not a straight ground alfalfa hay. but a 

 mixture of alfalfa meal, distillers' dried grains, mill products of oats 

 and wheat and cottonseed meal. It substantially met its 20 per cent 

 protein and 4 per cent fat guarantees. It had nearly 17 per cent of 



