12 BUlXETIlSr 1124, TJ. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



White shorts or white middlings. — White shorts or white middlings 

 consists of a small portion of the fine bran particles and of the germ 

 and of a large portion of the fibrous offal obtained from the " tail of 

 the mill." This product must be obtained in the usual process of flour 

 milling. 



Red dog flour. — Eed dog flour consists of a mixture of low-grade 

 flour, fine particles of bran, and the fibrous offal from the " tail of 

 the mill." 



Wheat mixed feed. — Wheat mixed feed (mill-run wheat bran) con- 

 sists of pure wheat bran and the gray or total shorts or flour mid- 

 dlings combined in the proportions obtained in the usual process of 

 commercial milling. 



Wheat bran and standard middlings. — Wheat bran and standard 

 middlings consists of the two commodities as defined above, mixed 

 in the proportions obtained in the usual process of commercial 

 milling. 



Screenings. — Screenings consists of the smaller imperfect grains, 

 weed seeds, and other foreign materials, having feeding value, sepa- 

 rated in cleaning the grain. 



Scourings. — Scourings consists of siuch portions of the cuticle, 

 brush, white caps, dust, smut, and such other materials as are sepa- 

 rated from the grain in the usual commercial process of scouring. 



Note. — If to any of the wheat by-products feeds there are added screenings 

 or scourings, as defined, either ground or unground, bolted or unbolted, such 

 brand shafl be so registered, labeled, and sold as clearly to indicate this fact. 

 The words " screenings " or " scourings," as the case may be, shall appear as 

 a part of the name or brand and shall be printed in type of the same size and 

 face as the remainder of the brand name. When the word " screenings " 

 appears it is not necessary to show also on the labeling the word " scourings." 



As no definitions have been adopted for feeds, such as wheat chops 

 and recleaned wheat screenings, samples should always be requested 

 at time of purchase to avoid any controversies at time of delivery. 



To avoid disputes, care should be exercised not to overstate or 

 misrepresent qualitiesi. When the demand is poor because of ex- 

 cellent pasturage conditions, or excessive supplies, salesmen often 

 ascribe qualities to the feeds they offer which they may or may not 

 possess. Frequently fancy names are used to describe straight feeds 

 which should not be necessary if all feeds of the same kind were 

 alike. 



When trying to sell coarse spring bran, for instance, it is often 

 termed " flakey," and the salesman does not ordinarily hesitate to 

 designate his offerings as the product of one of the larger or better 

 mills. The chances are that what he really has to sell is the coarse 

 spring bran which his firm is able to obtain at the lowest possible 

 price. Other wheat feeds are offered under descriptive terms which 

 have no conventional meaning. The only meaning they may haVe 

 is such as the sellers may or may not intend them to convey. Dis- 

 appointment on the part of the buyer in not receiving the quality he 

 expected to get usually follows and, particularly during the times 

 of rapid declines in the market, is the chief cause of many refusals 

 to accept. Such disappointment often leads to the loss of trade. 



