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himself as to the materials of which they are composed as well as 

 their chemical composition. 



Five samples of calf meal are reported. They 

 Calf Meals. are intended as a whole or partial milk sub- 



Page II. stitute for young calves. All of these meals 



wdll undoubtedly serve as a partial milk sub- 

 stitute for calves intended for dairy purposes; it is not best to be- 

 gin to feed them until about three weeks after birth. A satisfac- 

 tory calf meal should be finely ground and composed of clean ma- 

 terial free from taint or any noticeable amount of fiber. 



Pig Meal, manufactured by J. Bibby & Sons 

 Miscellaneous of Liverpool, England, practically met its 

 Feeds. guarantee. It is a proprietary mixture con- 



Page II. sisting of several concentrates. The retail 



price as given by the agent was $2.75 a hun- 

 dred. It is believed that fully as satisfactory a ration could be 

 made of domestic products, and at a more economical figure. 



Maizo Oil Meal appeared to be a corn product quite similar in 

 appearance to hominy feed, but containing rather more of the corn 

 germ. It is a desirable article. 



Oil Cake Feed for Horses is an imported product sold at a price 

 in excess of its comparative feeding value. 



Ropes' Horse Feed,^put up and sold only by the manufacturer, 

 was composed of satisfactory by-products and at the price asked 

 could not be considered expensive. 



II. Starchy (Carbohydrate) Feeds. 



Nineteen samples of corn meal were collected. 



Com Meal. Many of these did not consist of the entire 



Page 12. ground grain, but were more in the nature of 



by-products derived from the manufacture of 



table meals and cracked corn. From other samples a considerable 



portion of the bran and germ had been removed. While such meals 



are more attractive in appearance, they cannot be considered of 



any greater feeding value than meals made from the entire grain. 



The high moisture content of the meals collected is worthy of 

 note; the average for the nineteen samples being over 20 per cent. 

 This can be explained by the fact that at the time the samples were 



