8 N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 165 



feeds and feeding. With all this information at hand, 

 the dealer and consumer can quickly decide whether a par- 

 ticular feed is or is not suitable for their needs. 



We note the feed sold last year under the name of ' ' Sterl- 

 ing Mixed Feed" has reappeared under the abbreviated 

 name of "Sterling Feed." We also note a similar feed 

 sold under the name of "Blue Grass Feed." The first of 

 these is manufactured in Indiana and the other in Ken- 

 tucky. Among other things, these feeds contain about 30 

 per cent of ground corn cobs and are masked largely 

 with wheat by-products. These feeds were offered for 

 about the same price as good wheat bran. 



The market value of corn cobs is probably one-third 

 that of wheat bran. Their selling price is greatly en- 

 hanced when mixed with other by-products. These feeds 

 are not the only ones which contain very inferior by-pro- 

 ducts, but they are pointed out because the ingredients may 

 be easily identified with the unaided eye. These brands 

 are within our state law in every respect. They are named 

 properly and meet their respective guarantees. Inferior 

 by-products must carry freight charges and selling com- 

 missions which tend to make them relatively still less valu- 

 able to the consumer. 



The following tables show the average composition and 

 digestibility of the more common feeding-stuffs. 



