March, 1915] analysis of feeding-stuffs. 5 



about the intended prosecution leaked out and rebates 

 were made. However, as shown above, D. Whiting & Sons 

 were able to gain more than $1.00 per ton on one carload 

 of the meal by securing more than $4.00 per ton and re- 

 bating only $3.00 per ton. It is to be hoped tliat Hum- 

 phre^'-Godwin Co. and their respresentatives will arrange 

 to change their methods of doing business. 



It is not the purpose of the Experiment Station to fur- 

 nish analyses whereby our consumers can secure a $3.00 

 rebate and the dealer a $4.00. We regret that conditions 

 have made it possible to report these facts. Humphrey- 

 Godwin Co. were requested to stop the double guarantee 

 practice but did not do so. As a result, these facts are 

 "laid before the public at this time. 



There are many standard feed-stuffs to be had on the 

 New Hampshire market. For the most part they are sold 

 at reasonable prices. The average digestibility of these 

 has been determined and their digestibility and com- 

 position vary but little from year to year. From the 

 tables in this report, the consumer can find the average 

 composition and digestibility of these. 



Provender is understood to be the product obtained 

 when whole corn and whole oats are ground together. 

 Some mixtures are being made from corn and ' ' Oat Feed ' ' 

 and sold as provender. The wholesale price of "Oat Feed" 

 is about $15.00 per ton. However, what prices we have 

 seen go to show that this mixture is sold for about the 

 same price as provender. The consumer should under- 

 stand that the value of such a mixture is much less. The 

 consumer should understand that the so-called "Oat 

 Feed" shipped into this state from Canada carries about 

 three times as much indigestible matter and half as much 

 . protein and fat as whole ground oats. However, some of 

 this material is being sold for as much as $1.60 per hun- 

 dred. It sells for about $.75 per hundred wholesale. 



Holstein Feed and Bluegrass Feed are for the most part 

 mixtures of wheat bran and ground corncob. They retail 

 for almost as much as good wheat bran or mixed feed. 

 Star Feed is another mixture containing ground corn cobs. 

 It is difficult to understand why our dealers and con- 

 sumers will continue to buy these materials. It is still 



