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grains cannot be eliminated. On the other hand oat hulls 

 and cottonseed hulls are in evidence in large amounts 

 only when they have been purposely added. 



One brand of cottonseed product sold as Cremo cot- 

 tonseed meal was found with a guarantee of twenty-two 

 per cent, protein. The writers doubt if this could be 

 classed as a cottonseed meal. Cottonseed meal is classed 

 as good, prime and choice, with the percentages of pro- 

 tein thirty-six, thirty-eight and one half, and forty-one 

 per cent., respectively. This sample carried a very high 

 amount of crude fibre. The guaranteed carbohydrates 

 were not greatly different from the amount in high-grade 

 cottonseed meal. Unless such a product is offered at a 

 reasonable price it is doubtful if it should be purchased 

 at all. The consumer as well as the distributor should 

 bear in mind that Cremo Brand does not qualify as cot- 

 tonseed meal in the standard classification of cottonseed 

 meals. The consumer should also bear in mind that he is 

 paying freight and other charges on a considerable 

 amount of crude fibre, the feeding value of which is un- 

 known and very low at best. 



A large number of poultry feeds are found on the mar- 

 ket. The poultry business must be very profitable, other- 

 wise the poultry men could not afford to pay the prices 

 these feeds bring. Without questioning the quality of 

 these feeds, it is safe to say that no well informed business 

 poultryman could be induced at this time to buy a feed 

 analyzing ten per cent, protein and three per cent, fat at 

 ^40 per ton. However, our consumers are doing this 

 every day. Consumers do not seem to realize that the 

 price of these feeds is fixed largely by the most expensive 

 ingredient regardless of the amount present. When one 

 realizes the prices that our consumers are paying for 

 some of the compounded feeds the argument in favor ot 

 home-mixing from high-grade standard by-products or 

 whole grain meals becomes very forceful. A great deal 



