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THE RESULTS DISCUSSED. 

 I. Protein Feeds. 



Because of the many rainfalls in the autumn of 

 Cottonseed 1906, large quantities of cottonseed were consider- 

 and ably damaged and as a result much of the meal 



Linseed Meals, was seriously off grade in color, texture and chem- 

 Pages 6-7. cal composition. The results of the 75 samples col- 

 lected and examined during the winter and early 

 spring of 1907 are not published in this bulletin, but they were 

 sent out in circular form in May with the necessary explanation to 

 all important grain dealers in the state. Of the above number 65 

 were guaranteed to contain 41 or more per cent protein, and of 

 this number 75 per cent fell below the guarantee, some very much 

 more so than others. Three samples put out by Kaiser & Brown, 

 ]Memi:)his. Tenn., bore a 41 per cent guarantee and tested 20 to 

 21.50 per cent of protein. These goods were unquestionably fraud- 

 ulent. Of the 18 lots oi Star bran*! put oui: by J. Liudsey Tv^ells 

 Co.. Memphis. Tenn., guaranteed to contain 41 per cent protein, 

 only 3 met their guarantees, 8. fell from 1 to nearly 5 per cent 

 below and 7 showed a deficit of from 5 to 7 per cent. 



Twenty-one samples have been collected and examined the 

 present autumn, all of which represented 1906 meal, the 1907 

 product not l)eing in the market at the time the inspection was 

 made. Of this number, 15 were guaranteed to contain 41 per cent 

 or more of protein and only 5 met the requirement, the remainder 

 falling from 2 to 4 per cent below. The latter were not choice 

 (41 per cent protein) but extra prime meals, (38.5 per cent pro- 

 tein) guaranteed as choice — a direct misrepresentation. 



WHO IS TO BLA>IE? 



The heavy rains which so injured the cottonseed were naturally 

 beyond the control of man. Some northern brokers with a high 

 reputation for honorable dealings frequently found it difficult to 

 secure meal that fully conformed to the minimum guarantee. 

 Others were unquestionably lax and attached a 41 per cent pro- 

 tein guarantee to whatever meal they shipped without any par- 

 ticular regard to its quality. The northern jobbers claim they 

 were deceived and under the conditions prevailing were in a 

 large measure powerless to help themselves ; they stated that 

 they bargained for 41 per cent meal and supposed they were 

 getting it. That this claim is in a measure true cannot be denied. 

 The writer is convinced, however, that certain parties knew, or 

 soon discovered that the meal they we're offering, although guar- 

 anteed to be choice or extra prime in quality, w' as really inferior ; 

 they proposed to take their chances, and in case they were found 



