REQUESTS BY INDIVIDUALS FOR THE ANALYSIS 

 OF FEEDINGSTUFFS 



In addition to the official samples of feedingstufFs submitted by the Feed 

 Control Supervisors, the Agricultural Experiment Station each year analyzes 

 some samples drawn by individuals to aid in solving a particular problem. Chem- 

 ical analysis can aid in certain cases but it should not be expected to answer all 

 questions. A close study of management practices will often answer many prob- 

 lems when the first thing to do seems to be to blame the feed for difficulties in 

 growth or production of livestock. It is suggested that in the case of a difficulty 

 involving feeding that you call in your County Agent, your veterinarian, or 

 the fieldman of your feed supplier to consider your prolilem. lliey will then 

 obtain the facts in the case and will determine whether an analysis of the feed 

 will be of help or not. 



If a feed sample is mailed or brought to the laboratory, it is essential that the 

 sample drawn, about one pint, put in a clean, tight container, adequately repre- 

 sents the large lot from which it is drawn and that full information concerning 

 the case accompany the sample. If this is not done, it must be supplied before 

 analysis can be made. Because of the cost of laboratory work and materials, the 

 necessity for an analysis is decided upon the basis of information submitted and 

 an opinion obtained as to whether or not an analysis is necessary in the par- 

 ticular case involved. Since this is a state experiment station, this service is avail- 

 able only to residents of the state and no charge is made for occasional work. 

 Many questions that are raised may be satisfactorily answered by correspondence 

 without laboratory work. 



Forty-eight samples of feed, hay or silage were examined for residents of the 

 state because of some special problem involving the particular case during the 

 fiscal year. 



