FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. I9 



apparently do not recognize that the composition of these offals 

 change greatly, and some of them have based their guarantees 

 upon old analyses. 



Cream gluten meal is not up to the guarantee in protein. It 

 is guaranteed to carry thirty-seven per cent, but from the sam- 

 ples drawn the purchaser can not expect more than thirty-three 

 per cent of protein on the average, and one sample ran as low 

 as thirty-one per cent of protein. The attention of the handlers 

 of this feed has been called to these discrepancies between guar- 

 antee and analysis and they will probably be corrected on future 

 shipments. 



Fourteen samples of Chicago gluten meal were collected by 

 the inspectors. These samples represent both old and new 

 goods. The old goods were guaranteed too high in fat. The 

 present guarantee, thirty-eight per cent protein and two per cent 

 fat, fairly well represents the goods on the market. The pro- 

 tein found in the samples examined, agrees as closely as can be 

 expected with the guarantees. The State agents seem to be 

 anxious that their guarantees shall represent the goods as sold. 



King gluten meal as sold in Maine comes from two mills, the 

 output of which differs greatly in composition. The goods made 

 at the Des Moines mill are very close with the guarantee, thirty- 

 two per cent protein and sixteen per cent fat ; the goods from the 

 Indianapolis mills are higher in protein than the guarantee and 

 are correspondingly low in fat. The Indianapolis goods carry 

 about thirty-four per cent protein and four per cent of fat. The 

 attention of the dealers has been called to this and the goods will 

 by correctly branded in the near future. 



GLUTEN FEEDS. 



But little gluten feed is offered in the State. That found 

 agreed in composition with the guarantee. At Bath a small 

 amount of gluten feed was found which did not carrs^ any 

 guarantee. 



LINSEED MEAL. 



Only three samples of linseed meal were found by the inspec- 

 tors. Its high cost, relative to cottonseed meal, has apparently 

 crowded it out of the market. The guarantee of Douglass & 

 Company's oil meal was based upon an analysis of a sample sent 



