N. H. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 187 



CRUDE FIBER. 



The higher grades of compounded products contain relatively 

 small amounts of crude fiber. The statement covering the in- 

 gredients of any mixture will show from what principal 

 sources the fiber comes. The crude fiber appears in the guar- 

 anteed amount of carbohydrates. When the amount of crude 

 fiber is deducted from the amount of carbohydrates, more accu- 

 rate information is had about the amount of good carbohydrates 

 the product contains. The crude fiber has little value because 

 it has a very low digestibility. 



The consumers of this state have access to information before 

 buying. It is of little value to the consumer to know that he 

 has bought badly after the article has been bought and paid for. 

 He should be especially discriminating while prices are high. 

 Freight rates are the same for both poor and good products. 

 Also commissions and selling charges are as much, if not more, 

 on the poor products, because they are more difficult to sell. 

 The consumer should keep in mind the fact that oat and barley 

 hulls, corn-cob meal and cottonseed hulls are no more valuable 

 in a mixture than when they are unmixed. 



