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protein than corn. Many factories are removing part of the 

 corn oil from the waste, so that some gluten meals carry but 

 little oil, e. g., Chicago Gluten Meal, which a few months ago 

 carried 7 to 9 per cent of fat, now has from 2.50 to 4 per cent. 

 This reduction in fat is probably an advantage, as feeding corn 

 oil to dairy animals seems to have a tendency to make the butter 

 soft. 



No by-products used for feeding differ more from each other 

 than do these starch and sugar wastes. The manufacturers 

 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. 



These samples of Chicago gluten meal 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 

 protein 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 differ 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 

 be correctlv branded in the near future. 



