53 



Wheat Brail. 



No. Samples, 

 Protein (per cent), 

 Fat (per cent), 

 Fiber (per cent), 

 Price a ton. 



1910. 



63 

 16.50 



4.86 



1911. 



23 



$38.68 $38.30 



1912. 



38 



16.47 



4.38 



8.73 



$31.58 



1913. 



57 



15.86 



4.73 



9.48 



$38.18 



Rye feeds, the residue from the milhng of 

 Rye Feeds. rye, are found to a Hmited extent in the 



Page 22. Massachusetts market. They contain a 



Httle less protein and rather more starchy 

 matter than wheat middlings, but have a feeding value substan- 

 tially equivalent to the latter. The samples collected were quite 

 uniform and noticeably overran their guarantees. 



Wheat bran and corn-and-cob meal mix- 

 Wheat Feeds tures have been on the market for a num- 

 with ber of years and have usually sold at a 



Admixtures. price in excess of their feeding value. 

 Page 23. These mixtures retailed at about the price 



of wheat bran. One thousand pounds of 

 wheat bran, from 500 to 750 pounds of ground corncobs and from 

 350 to 500 pounds of corn meal would give a mixture analyzing 

 approximately the same as feeds of this character. In other 

 words, in every ton of this material the feeder purchases, he is 

 paying wheat bran prices for from 500 to 750 pounds of corncobs. 

 Buckeye feed is a mixture of wheat products and rye shorts. 

 Its feeding value was equal to good wheat mixed feed. It over- 

 ran its protein guarantee from 4 to 5 per cent. 



Dairy and Horse 



Feeds (more than 



15 per cent 



Protein). 



Pages 23-25. 



Under this heading are grouped those feeds 

 which contain more than 15 per cent of 

 protein and are mixtures of several feeding 

 stuffs. They usually purport to be com- 

 plete grain rations for either dairy stock 

 or horses, as designated. These mixtures 

 vary to a considerable extent in chemical 

 composition as well as in the ingredients of which they are 

 composed. There is no apparent relation between the chemical 

 composition, ingredients, and the selling price. Under the pres- 

 ent law the buyer is able to know the character of the goods 

 offered for sale and need not be misled by extravagant claims 

 often made for inferior products. The feeder ought to consider 

 the retail prices of the several ingredients before purchasing the 



