fe;e;ding stuff insfuction. ^ 



tee; it carried 10.88 per cent protein, 2.30 per cent fat, and 

 15.80 per cent crude fiber. This is a mixture of winter wheat 

 bran, middHngs and cob meal. Of the Indiana mixed feed, two 

 samples were obtained from the same car, one of which carried 

 II per cent and the other 11.38 per cent protein and 3.07 per 

 cent fat. The crude fiber in one of these samples was 16.40 and 

 in the other 12.80 per cent. This, in composition and make-up, 

 was very similar to the Blue Grass mixed feed containing wheat 

 bran, middlings, and cob meal. If these goods are to be sold 

 in Maine, they must not only carry the guarantee or percentage 

 of protein and fat, but under section 32, chapter 39, of the 

 Revised Statutes, defining the adulteration of mixed feeds, it is 

 necessary to state the character of the admixture. It is to be 

 hoped that the consumers will be so alive to their own interests 

 that they will not purchase this class of feeds, no matter at what 

 price they may be offered. 



There is so much profit in selling ground corn cobs, broom 

 corn and other valueless materials at the price of wheat bran, 

 that the consumer must ever be on the watch against this fraud. 

 The safest thing is to buy only well known reliable brands of 

 this class of goods. If consumers will see to it that all of this 

 class of feeds which they buy carries the name of the miller, 

 there will be little likelihood of their being defrauded. In case 

 of any doubt, any resident of Maine is invited to mail a sample 

 to the Station. An analysis will be made and the results 



reported promptly without charge. 



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CORN MFAI.. 



The corn meal sold in the State is very largely locally ground 

 and the Station inspector does not sample it. This year, because 

 of two complaints, a special examination was made in two sec- 

 tions of the State. 



In December, while at Lewiston, it was reported to the inspec- 

 tor that a firm in Augusta was grinding corn bran with their 

 corn and thus making a low grade of corn meal, which thev were 

 putting on the market at the regular price of good corn meal. 

 The same report was heard from a dealer in Augusta when the 

 inspector reacher that city. The inspector took two samples of 



