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Milk Albumen. The sample of so-called milk albumen main- 

 tained its guarantee of 43 per cent protein but contained 

 praeticallv no fat in spite of its 15 per cent guarantee. It had a 

 strong gluey odor and an unattractive appearance. 



A large number of ready-to-use mixtures for 



Poultry Mashes poultry are on the market, but as the samples 



and Meals. were collected at a season of the year when the 



Pages 21-22. stock on hand was at a minimum, only eight 



samples representing seven brands are reported. 



Sucrene Poultry Feed was collected for the first time. It con- 

 sisted of cnni. wheat and oat products, weed seeds and molasses. 



Buffalo Poultry Feed fell considerably below its guaranteed 

 analysis of protein. It was shown by microscopic examination to 

 be made up of oat. wheat and corn products. 



Wirthmore Poultry Mash contained meat scrap, ground clover 

 or alfalfa, corn, or and wheat products and weed seeds. 



Quality Mash contained a wheat product, corn, linseed meal, 

 some sort of whe ^ breakfast food w^aste, ground alfalfa, charcoal 

 and weed seeds. It maintained its guarantee in protein and fat. 



Park and Poll. id's dry mash contained corn, wheat product, 

 ground alfalfa or clover, and meat and bone meal. The growing 

 feed prepared by the same company contained corn, oat and wheat 

 products, buckwheat, linseed, weed seeds and millet and main- 

 tained its guarantee. 



American Poultry Feed contained wheat, corn and oat products, 

 cottonseed meal and weed seeds. 



Four brands of chick feeds are reported. 

 Chick and Wirthmore chick feed was made up of a mixture of 

 Scratching millet, corn, Kaffir corn, wheat, peas, some weed 

 Grains. seeds and charcoal. 



Page 22. Park and Pollard's gritless chick feed consisted of 

 corn, oats, wheat, millet, Kaffir corn, flaxseed and 

 more or less weed seeds. 



Purina chick feed consisted of oats, corn, flaxseed, Kaffir corn, 

 millet and wheat. 



The Wyandotte brand contained corn, millet, peas, charcoal, 

 wheat, grit and weed seeds. 



The five samples of scratching grains reported practically 

 maintained their guarantees. Corn and wheat were present 

 in all of the samples. Other materials recognized were: oats 

 in three samples, Kaffir corn in three samples, millet, barley, 

 sunflower seed, puffed wheat refuse, meat and bone in two lots, 

 while rice and weed seeds were noted only once. 



