FEEDING-STUFFS INSPECTION AND ANALYSIS, 



1915. 



The samples of the various brands of feeding-stuffs for the 

 11)15 inspection were collected by Mr. A. G. Weeks under 

 the direction of Mr. Andrew L. Felker, Commissioner of 

 Agriculture. In all, 319 samples were received by the 

 Experiment Station. Of these 311 have been analyzed. 

 Samples representing duplicates are not reported in this 

 bulletin. 



It has been the custom of the Experiment Station to 

 analyze miscellaneous samples of feed-stuffs without cost 

 to the sender when Ihe results are of general public in- 

 terest. Some dealers have been purchasing cottonseed 

 meal of Humphrey-Godwin Company on a basis of 41% 

 protein. This meal is guaranteed to the consumer to con- 

 tain 38.62% protein. The dealer may send a sample of 

 this meal to the Experiment Station and get a return of 

 39% protein. He then gets a rebate of $1.00 per ton from 

 Humphrey-Godwin Company. If the consumer has a 

 sample analyzed and gets the same returns he can not get 

 the rebate because his guarantee calls for 38.62% protein. 

 The Experiment Station can not become a party to a 

 practice which benefits the jobber and dealer and not the 

 consumer to the same extent. So far as we know all other 

 brands of cottonseed meaL are sold to the dealer and 

 consumer on the same guarantee. 



In December, 1914, Humphrey-Godwin Company ad- 

 vised us that beginning last fall they ceased to quote 

 "basis 41% protein." From this we inferred that their 

 cottonseed meal was not guai-anteed to the dealer to con- 

 tain over 38.62% protein, which is the minimum guarantee. 

 Nevertheless, within a few days the Experiment Station has 

 been advised by dealers that the Dixie brand meal was 

 guaranteed to them to contain 41% protein. Statements 

 from the two sources are at variance. 



This practice was referred to in the 1914 report. It is 

 again discussed at this time to bring before our con- 

 sumers a little more definitely the methods that are used 

 to increase the profits of jobbers and dealers. The con- 

 sumer should know that he is the one who pays. Also the 

 public has this opportunity to know that it is not the 

 business of the Experiment Station to become a referee 



