STANDARDS FOR CATTLE AND POULTRY FOODS. 



Protein 

 Feeds. 



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A standard for comparison is always necessary in passing judg- 

 ment on the composition of concentrated feeds. The percentages of 

 protein, fat and fiber serve as an index of their character in the 

 majority of cases. To be of standard quality, the various concen- 

 trates should be free from foreign material, mould and rancidity, in 

 good mechanical condition, and maintain the following percentages 

 of protein, fat and fiber : — * 



Feed Stuff. 



Blood Meal 



Cottonseed meal (clioice) 



Cottonseed mea/(^prime and good)j6-4i 



Cottonseed meal {Jow grade) 



N. P. linseed meal . 



O. P. linseed meal 



Gluten feed 



Distillers' dried grains [corn) 



Malt sprouts 



Brewers' dried grains 



Wheat tniddlings (^/lour) . 



Wheat middlings (standard) 



Wheat mixed feed 



Wheat bran 



Oat middlings 



Rye feed 



Ground oats 



Ground wheat 



Barley meal 



Rye meal 



Corn meal 



Hominy meal . 



Provender 



Corn and oa t feed 



Fortified oat feed 



Oat feed 



Corn bran 

 ^ Dried beet-pulp 

 ^ Meat scraps 

 I Meat and bofie meal 

 I Bone meal 

 -{ Poultry mash and meal 



Chick and scratching grains 



Alfalfa meal entire plant 



Clover meal, entire plant 



Starchy j 



(^Carbohydrate) <{ 



Feeds. 



Poultry 

 Feeds. 



* Fiber is the least valuable of the several constituents; the above standards for fiber 

 represent the maximum percentage which the feed should contain to be of standard quality. 



