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oats and for horses can be used in place of this grain if desired. 

 It is not considered as economie^d as corn or hominy meal for 

 dairy stock, swine or poultry. 



These feeds consist of corn and oat products to which 

 Fortified has been added some concentrate to increase their 

 Starchy protein content. ]\Iost of them are intended for horse 

 Feeds. feeds. The eig'ht samples (representing Red Tag A 

 Page 19. feed, 0. K. horse feed and Quaker dairy feed) col- 

 lected maintained their guarantees in protein and fat 

 and ranged from $31 to $38 a ton — prices certainly much in ex- 

 cess of their true value. 



Shredded Wheat Waste consists of the l)roken 

 Miscellaneous pieces resulting from the manufacture and pack- 

 Starchy ing of shredded wheat biscuit. Its principal use 

 Feeds. is as a feed for poultry. 

 Page 20. Ground Rice consists of the broken kernels 

 of puffed rice. Considering the price at which 

 it was sold ($25 to $26 a ton) it was one of the cheapest starchy 

 feeds on the market. 



Dried Grains guaranteed by A. H. Brown & Bros., consists of 

 the dried residue from the manufacture of a patent infant food. 



Oat Feed. But one sample of oa,t feed is reported. It was of 

 very inferior (puility and fell considerably below its guarantee. 



III. Poultry Feeds. 



Meat Scraps to be of good (juality should contain at 

 Animal By- least 45 per cent protein. They should be compara- 

 Products. tively free from taint and should not contain an ex- 

 Pages 20-21. cessive amount of bone or fat. Of the fifteen sam- 

 ples reported nine were considered first grade. They 

 averaged 49.78 in protein and 14.71 in fat. The average price was 

 $2.59 a hundred. Scraps testing below 45 per cent in protein were 

 classed as second grade. Of these, the brands put out by Joseph 

 Breek & ,Sons and the Worcester Rendering Company fell but 

 slightly below. The sample representing the Star Brand, manu- 

 factured by Andrews and Spelman, while maintaining its guar- 

 antee, should more properly be classed with meat and bone meals 

 as it contained an excessive amount of ash indicating a large 

 amount of bone. Second grade scraps averaged 41.19 in protein 

 and 13.89 in fat and sold for the average price of $2.44 a hundred. 

 Meat and Bone Meal. The three samples reported maintained 

 their guarantees and were of good standard quality. One sample 

 of cracked bone was clean and bright in appearance and exceeded 

 its guarantee. 



