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 AVERAGE ANALYSES AND RETAIL PRICES. 



No. samples. 



Protein. 



Fat. 



Price a ton. 



Brewers' Grains. But two samples of brewers' grains were col- 

 lected. These were of satisfactory quality and maintained their 

 ju-otein guarantees. A g-ood quality of brewers' grains is usually 

 an economical concentrate and attention is called to this seem- 

 ingly neglected feed stuff. 



Flour Middlings are required to be guaranteed in 

 Wheat By- several of the Western states but not in Massachu- 

 Products. setts. It is a singular coincidence that of the eight 

 Pages 10-15. samples examined seven bore a guarantee and that 

 the unguaranteed sample contained the lowest per cent of protein. 

 The XXX Comet brand was guaranteed to contain 20.25 per cent 

 of protein — a figure, it is believed, somewhat in excess of what 

 can be easily maintained. 



Standard Middlings. Of the eleven samples examined, eight 

 carried and maintained their guarantees. With two exceptions 

 they were of satisfactory quality. The Gopher brand wholesaled 

 by the Brooks Elevator Company, while maintaining its guaran- 

 tee, was not a straight wheat middlings in that it contained a con- 

 siderable amount of screenings. The manufacturers claim "that 

 they are not sold as standard middlings but by sample instead." 

 However, the sacks bear no such statement for the benefit of the 

 consumer. These goods, in the future, must be sold for what they 

 really are. The price asked was practically the same as for high 

 grade goods. 



Wheat Mixed Feed, to be of standard quality, should contain all 

 of the by-products of the flour mill with the exception of the 

 screenings and should maintain a minimum percentage of 16 per 

 cent protein and 4 1-2 per cent fat. " Several samples of Buckeye 

 brand put out by the Quaker Oats Company, contained a notice- 

 able amount of ground weed seeds ; a number of other brands con- 

 tained only a small amount of middlings. On the whole the wheat 

 mixed feeds collected during the past year were comparatively 

 free from screenings and of good standard qualitj^ Of the 68 

 samples collected. 38 (or 56 per cent) bore guarantees as com- 

 pared v/ith 36 per cent in 1906. 



Wheat Bran. The wheat bran reported was of good standard 

 cpiality and comparatively free from weed seeds. 



