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 D. WHAT THE RESULTS MEAN. 



I. Protein Feeds. 



Sixty-seven samples of cotio/iseeti f/ieal wqxq collected 

 Cottonseed and and tested and the results tabulated in the preceding 

 linseed meals, tables. Almost every sample was properly marked 

 Pages lo-ii. and guaranteed and all were free from serious adul- 

 teration, a fact worthy of especial mention. Four- 

 teen samples ran from 2 to 5 per cent below the regular 43 per 

 cent guaranty. It is hoped that manufacturers and jobbers will be 

 more particular in the future in this respect. It is stated on good 

 authority that considerable capital has been invested recently in 

 equipment for grinding cottonseed hulls fine to mix with high grade 

 meal. Considerable of this mixture is being shipped into Canada, 

 though thus far this season none of the product has been found in 

 Massachusetts. Consumers are cautioned to buy only guaranteed 

 meals. A dark-colored cottonseed meal is not necessarily adulter- 

 ated. The dark color may be due to bald seed which breaks up 

 readily the hulls passing into the meal, to heating of the seed which 

 discolors the product or to over-cooking of the meat. Cottonseed 

 meal at present prices forms one of the very cheapest sources of 

 protein. 



None of the twenty-six samples of linseed meal collected were 

 found to contain any adulteration and all but four were properly 

 guaranteed. The six samples of new process meal failed to main- 

 tain the protein guaranty of 38 per cent. The wholesale price of 

 linseed is noticeably less than formerly, now being $24.50 a ton in 

 car lots. If it can be bought at retail at a proportionate price it can 

 be regarded as an economical feed. 



But little ^''///■/dv/ wm/. was found. The Chicago had 



Gluten been temporarily withdrawn owing to the burning 



products. of the mill where it was manufactured, and the King 



Pages 13-14. gluten meat has been permanently taken from the 



market. 



Germ oil meal WAS temporarily out of the market but will be again 



offered. Gluten feed was fairly well distributed. It ran 2 to 3 per 



cent below its guaranty, due primarily to the poor quality of the corn 



crop of 1902. A few samples containing only ig to 21 per cent of 



protein were collected. The cause of this especially low protein 



