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will usually indicate if oat hulls have been added. Wheat 

 bran is occasionally mixed with ground corn cobs or corn 

 bran. 



A cottonseed feed is also found upon the market which is 

 a mixture of cottonseed hulls and cottonseed meal. The 

 only object in making such a mixture is to sell as much cotton- 

 seed hulls as possible at a good price. Alfalfa hay of doubtful 

 quality is mixed with sugar refuse, and by liberal advertising 

 sold at a price above its real value. 



Nearly all states where large quantities of feed are pur- 

 chased by the farmers now have some law in force regarding 

 the sale of feeding stuffs. These laws, however, do not take 

 the place of intelligence on the part of feed users. Such a 

 law generally requires the proper branding of each sack and 

 labeling to indicate the chemical composition. It should be 

 remembered that the label gives the total amount of protein 

 and other constituents, and not the amount of each that is 

 digestible, which will be decidedly lower. Every feed buyer 

 should patronize only reliable dealers, and buy feeds that are 

 labeled and guaranteed. There are no mixtures better than 

 the buyer can make himself, and there is no special feed or 

 mixture having any remarkable properties not possessed by 

 familiar feeds. The buyer of mill feeds should make a point 

 of keeping in touch with the experiment station of his state, 

 and if the feed control is vested in some other body or official, 

 with them as well, and make use of the information they 

 will be able to furnish regarding the feeds on the market. 



