Consumers are advised to beware of this deception. They are urged 



for their oivn protection, to purchase only those mixed feeds which have 



shoivn by previous analyses to contain ij per cent or more of protei7i, 



and bear a distinct brand or trade mark and the name of a reputable 



manufacturer or jobber. 



Wheat bran was fully up to the average in quality. Occasionally 

 a sample was found to contain screenings and oat hulls.- Buyers 

 should examine the bran before purchasing, and refuse any lot not 

 well cleaned. 



Last spring a sample from a carload of material purporting to be 

 first class Canada bran was sent to this Station for examination. 

 It contained 7.5 per cent of protein and proved to be a mixture of 

 bran and coffee hulls. The latter product was the inner fruit coat or 

 husk of the coffee bean, and it has been offered in New Jersey 

 unmixed under the name of " Cornaline." This substance contains 

 only 2 to 3 per cent of protein and is largely indigestible woody 

 fiber. It resembles the hulls of apple seeds, and when chewed is 

 hard and unyielding in character. Feed dealers as well as consumers 

 are cautioned against this adulterant. 



H-0 daily feed continues to maintain its guaranty 



Miscellaneous , . . j t. ■ .1 



_ and is as represented. It is rather expensive as 



Feeds. . . 



compared with wheat middlings. 



Oat middlings are distinct from oat feed, and nearly equal in value 



to wheat middlings. Small quantities are occasionally found in the 



market, showing 17 per cent or more of protein, Bibbfs dairy cake 



and Nutrene dairy feed \^\\\ be treated elsewhere. 



II. Starchy Feeds. 



Few samples of com meal were collected. Some 

 Corn and meals, — apparently mixed with hominy, — were offered 

 Hominy at slightly reduced prices. Hominy meal was well 

 Meals. distributed and several lots were guaranteed. The 



samples taken were of the usual good quality. 

 Hominy consists of the softer parts of the corn, and averages sev- 

 eral per cent less water than corn meal, from i to 2 per cent more 

 protein, and twice as much fat. The excess of fat is due to the 

 presence of a considerable proportion of corn germs. Experiments 



