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foxtail, green foxtail, com cockle, bindweed, flax, lady's-thumb, 

 charlock, wild mustard, rape, lamb's-quarters, large smartweed, 

 chaff of various sorts, wild sunflower, pigweed, timothy, shep- 

 herd's-purse, chess, oat grass, wild oats, rye and com together 

 with a few unidentified seeds. Of the above, com cockle and 

 charlock are said to possess toxic properties. 



Flax shives, sometimes incorrectly called flax bran, consists 

 of the refuse stalks and pods of the flax plant. It is used in some 

 molasses and stock feeds. The analysis of two samples showed 

 wide variation in composition. 



Water, 



Ash, 



Protein, 



Fiber, 



Nitrogen-free extract. 



Fat, 



A test of the last sample showed it to have a digestibility of 

 about 45 percent as compared with 66 percent for wheat bran. 

 It must be pronounced distinctly inferior for feeding. 



All of the products mentioned in this article, with the possible 

 exception of a good quality of screenings, cannot be considered 

 as economical feeding stuffs. In admixtures it is necessary for 

 the feeder to pay about as much for them as he would for corn 

 meal, hominy feed and other feeds showing a much superior feed- 

 ing value. The experiment station cannot consistently do other- 

 wise than advise against their use. Under the new feeding stuffs 

 law a statement of the ingredients is required on each sack of feed 

 mixtvires, and the purchaser has opportunity to know exactly 

 what he is buying. 



