72 AX INSPECTION OF KKEDING-STUFFS. 



to be practically equal to their claims in each constituent. 

 Therefore no fault could be found with them on that score. 



The price of these goods was, however, of decided inter- 

 est, when compared with that of standard cotton seed meal. 

 Eight samples of standard meal contained from 38 per cent, 

 to 42 per cent, protein and from 8.7 per cent, to 10.5 per 

 cent, of fat. The retail prices were $1.60 and $1.65 per 100 

 pounds. The Glenwood and Sea Island brands retailed 

 for $1.50 per 100 pounds. 



Crude fiber was determined in the Glenwood sample, and 

 wa^ found to be 21 per cent. Standard cotton seed meal 

 varies between 5 and 7 per cent, for fiber. It is plain, 

 therefore, that the two brands in question, besides posses- 

 sing but three-fifths as much protein and fat, contain about 

 three times as much indigestible matter as standard meal, 

 while they are retailed at nine-tenths the price of the best. 

 Or to put it in another way, when standard meal contain- 

 ing 39 per cent, protein and 9 per cent, fat sold for $1.60 

 per 100 pounds, one pound of those nutrients cost three and 

 one-third cents, while in the Glenwood brand, containing 

 22 per cent, protein and 5 per cent, fat, at $1.50 per 100 

 pounds, a pound of those nutrients cost five and one-half 

 cents. These low grade materials cost too much to he eco- 

 nomical. 



Another sample of cotton seed meal, among those col- 

 lected in the inspection, requires notice because it was a 

 positive fraud. It bore the tag and guarantee of a stand- 

 ard article and was retailed at the usual price of $1.60 per 

 100 pounds. The meal was even poorer than the Glenwood 

 and Sea Island. The analysis revealed 19 per cent, pro- 

 tein, 5.5 per cent, fat and 22 per cent, fiber. Since cotton 

 seed hulls contain over 40 per cent, fiber, this meal must 

 have had about two-fifths of its weight made up of hulls, 

 instead of being a pure meal. They were finely ground 

 and not very noticeable, but imparted a brown color to the 

 meal, and when a portion of it was placed on the surface 

 of a glass of water there was an immediate separation of 

 t he heavier hulls by settling. The same brand with similar 

 results hns been reported' also from Maine and Vermont.* 



• Bull. 142, Me. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bull. 131, Vt. Agr. Expt. Sta. 



