458 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



growth. Musty corn meal, oil cakes, etc., are known to have 

 been the direct cause of the death of cows. 



« THE CONCENTRATED FEED." 



[Sent on by Soath Deerfield Farmers'^Club, South Deerfield, Mass.] 

 97.52 per cent, passed through Mesh 144 to the square inch. 



Per cent. 



10.65 

 14.48 

 9.31 

 4.30 

 13.90 

 47.36 



Moisture at 100° C, . 



Crude Ash, 



". Cellulose, .... 

 Crude Fat, .... 



" Protein (Nitrogenous Matter), 

 Non-nitroo;enous Extract Matter, 



100.00 



Analysis of Dry Matter. 



Per cent. 



Crude Ash, 16.21 



» Cellulose, 10.42 



" Fat 4.81 



" Protein (Nitrogenous Matter), 15.56 



Non-nitrogenous Extract Matter, 53.00 



100.00 



The material was received in a bag marked "The Concen- 

 trated Feed Company, Boston, Mass." A circular, from the 

 agent at South Deerfield, contained a statement of an analysis 

 of the article, which, as far as essential points are concerned, 

 does not materially diflTer from our own, above reported. 



The material was of a good, mechanical condition, and con- 

 sisted evidently of a mixture of several ingredients : among 

 them was noticeable common salt. An actual test showed the 

 presence of 7.4 per cent, of chlorine, which indicates the 

 presence of from 11 to 12 per cent, of common salt. On 

 inquiry it was learned^that " The Concentrated Feed " sold at 

 $8 per one hundred weight, — a most remarkable price for an 

 article of fodder without any stated guaranty of its various in- 

 gredients, nor any statement of its rate of digestibility under 

 some specific conditions. The selling price of the article 

 seems to be based largely on the merits of the invention of the 

 compound. It would be no difficult task to compound from 

 our most reputed concentrated feed-stuffs, even without a lib- 



