FEEDING-STUFFS INSPECTION AND ANALYSES, 



1916. 



The samples of the various brands of feeding-stuffs for 

 the 1916 inspection were collected by Mr. A. G. Weeks 

 under the direction of Mr. Andrew L. Felker, Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture. Aside from duplicates, 313 samples 

 were received and analyzed by the Experiment Station. 

 Samples representing duplicates are not reported in this 

 bulletin. 



Since the last Feeding-Stuffs Inspection Report, Bulle- 

 tin 175, was issued, additional information has come to 

 hand in connection with the cottonseed meal situation dis- 

 cussed therein. In that report it was stated that D. Whit- 

 ing & Sons at Claremont had purchased two lots of Dixie 

 Brand cottonseed meal, had been entitled to secure cer- 

 tain rebates, and had rebated to their customers an 

 amount less than they had been entitled to receive from 

 the Humphrej'S-Godwin Co. We are now informed by D. 

 Whiting & Sons that they rebated to their customers all 

 the rebates they received from Humphreys-Godwin Co., 

 and did so before they knew of any investigation or in- 

 tended prosecution on the part of the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture. We have the further information that these 

 lots of cottonseed meal were purchased on the basis of 

 41% protein and rebates were made on this basis. Re- 

 bates were made on the assumption that one lot con- 

 tained 35% and the other 387o protein. D. Whiting & 

 Sons have further informed us that these lots of cotton- 

 seed meal were not sold to contain 38.62% protein after 

 they received a report of analyses from the shippers and 

 the New Hampshire Experiment Station. 



The Experiment Station is still receiving requests to 

 analyze lots of Dixie brand cottonseed meal, but has re- 

 fused to referee the difference between 38.62% and 41% 

 when the results are not of general public interest, or, in 



