OFFICIAL INSPECTIONS 23. 7I 



A few samples of linseed oil meals were all above the guar- 

 antees and it is to be regretted that this kind of feed is not more 

 commonly used. 



The report on gluten feeds shows marked improvement. It 

 was seldom that a sample fell below its guaranty during the 

 past year. While artificial color is still used, that fact is usually 

 found to be stated on the package and the color used, as far as 

 determined, was one of the allowed dyes. However, the prac- 

 tice of coloring feeds is to be discouraged, since it certainly adds 

 nothing to the value of the product and it might be found, if a 

 test case were made, that at times it concealed inferiority and 

 thus violated the State and National food and drug laws. As 

 far as our observation goes, the acidity of gluten feeds runs 

 lower than a few years ago. 



Dried distillers' grains for the most part conform very well 

 to their guarantees. It is a more difificult matter to sample 

 these goods than most kinds of feed and dealers should take 

 particular care when sending samples for analysis. It seems a 

 miistake to call some kinds of distillers' grains gluten feed, as 

 is done in some cases, although they somewhat resemble the 

 latter in composition. 



The wheat offals, middlings, mixed feeds, and brans are not 

 required by the law to carry a guaranty, but most of the manu- 

 facturers have adopted the plan of guaranteeing protein or both 

 protein and fat, and the plan is a good one. Almost every sam- 

 ple of this class of goods ran above its guaranty. Some frag- 

 ments of weed seeds were found in many of the wheat offals 

 and in a few cases whole seeds were present, but in only one 

 case were they in sufficient numbers to give the impression of 

 a carelessly or fraudulently prepared feed. 



The adulterated wheat offals contained ground corn cobs and 

 as they, as far as we learned, all carried tags stating their com- 

 position. It is the fault of the feeder if he buys one of these 

 brands containing only about two-thirds the protein of a good 

 mixed feed because it can be purchased for 5 or 10 cents less 

 per hundred. 



The miscellaneous feeds of various kinds carry guarantees 

 ranging all the way from 7.50 to 26.00 per cent protein, the 

 lower grades usually having the highest sounding names. Some 

 of these feeds are legitimate mixtures no doubt worth the price 



