8 isr. H. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 224 



BRAND NAME 



Many feeding-stuffs carry a brand name implying that the 

 feed has more than usual feeding value. Fifty such feeding- 

 stuffs in this year's inspection were examined to determine what 

 justification if any there might be for these brand names. It was 

 found that 29 or 58 per cent of them did not contain as much pro- 

 tein as they were represented to contain. Many of them were de- 

 ficient in other constituents also. This figure, 58 per cent, for 

 these feeds compares with 24 per cent, the percentage of the whole 

 number of feeding-stuffs found deficient in protein in this year's 

 inspection. From the above figures it is evident that if the con- 

 sumer is influenced by the brand name in selecting a feeding-stuff 

 he increases his chances of buying a feed of less than average value. 

 In buying feeding-stuffs the purchaser should consider the per- 

 centage of protein, the percentage of fat, the percentage of total 

 carbohydrates less the percentage of crude fiber, the price in rela- 

 tion to the percentages of the various constituents and the materials 

 of which the feed is composed but should not be influenced by the 

 urand name. 



BEQUESTS FOE ANALYSIS OF FEEDING-STUFFS BY 



CONSUMERS. 



The Department is frequently asked to make an analysis of 

 feeding-stuffs for individuals. This service is gladly rendered 

 when the circumstances warrant it. Such samples should be drawn 

 from at least five bags, preferably ten, in a manner to insure that 

 the small lot sent ;for analysis is accurately representative of the 

 large lot from which it is taken. A one-pound sample is sufficient 

 for the analysis. It should be sent in a glass jar or tin box to pre- 

 vent the loss of fine particles and changes in the moisture content. 

 In order that the analysis may be of value to the Department as 

 well as to the individual and that we may know whether or not 

 the manufacturer and dealer are complying with all the require- 

 ments of the law, we request the following information be sub- 

 mitted concerning each sample : 



