Aug., 1925] inspection of feeding stuffs 13 



the digestibility of ready mixed feeds, it is approximate to 

 assume that from 80 to 85 per cent, of the crude protein is 

 digestible. On this basis a ready mixed dairy feed used 

 with a high protein roughage should contain 18 per cent, 

 protein ; with a medium protein roughage 20 per cent, pro- 

 tein ; and with a low protein roughage 23 per cent, protein. 



THE MISLEADING BRAND NAME 



A deception of a few manufacturers which the consumer 

 is warned to guard against is the misleading brand name- 

 Out of a list of 21 brand names selected from this year's 

 feeds containing such words as vim, vigor, superb, special, 

 peerless, supreme, victor, vitality, perfection, etc., exactly 

 one-third meet their guarantees. The other two-thirds are 

 more or less deficient. In buying feeds the purchaser 

 should consider the percentage of protein, the percentage of 

 fat and the percentage of total carbohydrates less the per- 

 centage of crude fiber in connection with the price per one 

 hundred pounds. He should also consider the nature of the 

 materials of which the feed is composed, but should not be 

 influenced by the brand name. An examination of the 

 brand names and the analyses in the following pages will 

 show several attempts at deception on the part of the man- 

 ufacturer in giving to a feed low in protein and fat a brand 

 name indicating that it has unusual feed value. 



SLIDING SCALE OR DOUBLE GUARANTEE 



Another deception of a few manufacturers is the slid- 

 ing scale guarantee. The law definitely requires that the 

 manufacturer shall state in his guarantee the minimum per- 

 centage only of protein, fat and carbohydrates and the 

 maximum percentage only of crude fiber. 



This year one of the poultry feeds composed largely of 

 meat products is guaranteed 40 per cent, to 50 per cent, 

 protein. It is found by analysis to contain 40.52 per cent. 



