FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 21 



In a letter just at hand from Mr. J. W. Barwell, the proprietor 

 of these goods, he says : "Regarding the ingredients, I cannot 

 give you the exact constituents of it, but I may say that it is 

 composed mostly of locust bean meal with leguminous seeds 

 such as lentils, etc.. and oleaginous seeds such as flax-seed, fenu- 

 greek and annis seed, all cleaned, hulled and ground together 

 and thoroughly well cooked. There is no cheap mill food and 

 no low grade feed enters into this composition. I am prepared 

 to go into any court in the United States and make an affidavit 

 that there is no farmer in the United States that can compound 

 Blatchford's calf meal for less than $3.50 per hundred." 



Locust bean meal which Mr. Barwell claims to be the chief 

 constituent of Blatchford's calf meal is practically not used in 

 this country as a cattle feed. The average of ten English and 

 German analyses show it to carry : — water, 14.96% ; ash, 2.53% ; 

 protein, 5.86% ; crude fiber, 6.39% ; nitrogen-free extract, 

 68.98% ; fat, 1.28%. 



It is evident from the chemical analysis that locust bean meal 

 cannot be the chief constituent of Blatchford's calf meal, but 

 that the microscopist is correct that linseed meal is the chief 

 constituent. Locust bean meal has only six per cent of protein 

 and in order to make a mixture carrying from twenty-six to 

 thirty-three per cent of protein, it would be necessary to add 

 large quantities of goods like linseed meal rich in protein. As 

 seen from the analysis Blatchford's calf meal has a feeding 

 value somewhat inferior to old process linseed meal. Whatever 

 it may cost to manufacture, no man who has sufficient intelli- 

 gence to mix feeds can afford to buy it at anything like the price 

 asked. 



CHIEF REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW. 



The points of the law of most interest both to the dealer and 

 consumer are concisely stated below. 



Kinds of Feed coining ivithin the Lazv. The law applies to all 

 feeding stuffs except hays and straws ; whole seeds and meals 

 of wheat, rye, barley, oats, Indian corn, buckwheat and broom 

 corn ; brans and middlings. The principal feeds coming under 

 the provisions of the law are linseed meals, cottonseed meals, 

 pea meals, cocoanut meals, gluten meals, gluten feeds, maize 

 feeds, starch feeds, sugar feeds, dried brewer's grains, malt 

 sprouts, hominy feeds, cerealine feeds, rice meals, oat feeds, 



