37 



Wheat Bran. 



1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 



No. Samples, 38 63 23 28 



Protein (percent), 15.92 16.50 — 16.47 



Fat (percent), 4.57 4.86 — 4.28 



Fiber (percent), _ _ _ 8.73 



Price a ton, $28.65 $28.68 $28.30 $31.58 



These products, sold under the trade names 

 Adulterated of Sterling, Connecticut, Kennebec and 



Wheat Feeds. Blue Grass, consist of mixtures of wheat 



Pages 17-18 by-products and ground com cobs. While 



they are usually offered at a price somewhat 

 lower than that obtained for straight mixed feed, their cost is 

 usually in excess of their feeding value and their use is not recom- 

 mended. So far as known they are tagged to indicate their true 

 content although in some cases the tag is misleading. A tag 

 written as follows would indicate that the mixture contained 

 ground com as well as ground com cob : 



Wheat bran 

 Ground com 

 Cob meal. 

 We have not found any of these mixtiu-es to contain more com 

 than accidentally adheres to the tip of the cob after shelling.* 

 Under the new law a feeding stuff so tagged as to be misleading in 

 regard to its true composition, will not be registered. 



Under the head of dairy feeds are listed 

 Dairy proprietary feeds consisting of a mixture 



Feeds. of several feeding stuffs and containing 15 



Pages 18-19 percent or more of protein. They are 



usually advertised as complete dairy ra- 

 tions, but do not all meet such requirements. Unicorn Dairy 

 Ration, Union Grains, Wirthmore Balanced Ration and Purity 

 Perfect Ration were the most satisfactory of those collected- 

 Experience has shown that in order to feed a balanced ration when 

 the necessary -amount of home-grown roughage is at hand, the 

 grain mixture should have the following qualifications : 



♦These statements apply to samples reported in this bulletin. Samples collected recently 

 show a larger percentage of corn. 



