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merits as a milk producing food have not been fully appreciated. 

 At the present time it is, comparatively speaking, an economical 

 concentrate. Of the three samples of new process meal collected, 

 two practically maintained Avhile one fell about 3 per cent below 

 its protein guarantee. The new process meal now offered tests 

 noticeably lower in protein than that found in the market several 

 years ago. 



With one exception in Avhich the fat content fell below its guar- 

 antee, the old process meals were as represented and fully main- 

 tained their former satisfactory qualities. 



AAHBRAGE ANALYSES AND RETAIL PRICES. 



New Process. 



No. of Samples, 



Protein, 



Fat. 



Price a ton. 



Old Process. 



No. of Samples, 



Protein, 



Fat, 



Price a ton. 



$29.00 $33.87 $34.00 $34.64 



Flax Feed consists of substantially one-third small flax seed to- 

 gether with two-thirds weed seeds and other foreign material 

 which are separated from the better grade of flax seed during the 

 process of preparing the latter for the oil mills. This residue is 

 ground and offered either as H. J. Flax Feed or Ground Flax 

 Flakes. These feeds have a decidedly bitter taste and a notice- 

 able odor of linseed oil. 



In a feeding trial of H. J. Flax Feed at the experiment station, 

 the animals ate the feed rather grudgingly when fed by itself but 

 consumed it readily when mixed with other grain. The bitter 

 taste of the feed was not imparted to the milk. Material of this 

 character may vary considerable in composition depending upon 

 the purity of the seed from which it is separated. One sample 

 of Flax Flakes contained very little flax seed and consisted large- 

 ly of weed seeds, oat and wheat screenings. This fact was proved 

 both by a microscopical examination and by its comparatively 

 low fat content. 



