I08 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9I5. 



certify that the above statement accurately corresponds to the 

 facts set forth in the printed statement affixed to the packages 

 of the above named brand of feeding stuff." It is encouraging 

 to 'be able to state, however, that the cases of discrepancies 

 between certificates and labels are becoming less frequent each 

 year. 



Two classes of samples are reported in the taibles, — official 

 samples and dealers' samples. The former are the samples 

 drawn by the duly authorized inspectors of the Department 

 of Agriculture. The latter include all samples submitted by 

 dealers, consumers, and manufacturers. The general name of 

 dealers' samples is used for them because it is from dealers 

 that all but a few of them are received. Anyone desiring 

 to submit samples for free analysis 'MUST take those samples 

 in accordance with the directions issued 'by the Department of 

 Agriculture ; copies of those directions may be obtained on 

 application to the Commissioner of Agriculture, Augusta, 

 Maine. All the samples received are examined for protein, 

 the most important constituent from the standpoint of the 

 Maine feeder. At least one official sample of each brand is 

 also examined for fiber and fat. Many of the official samples 

 were examined for weed seeds. 



Because deficient samples are reported in this bulletin should 

 not be taken to mean that the cases have been passed. All dis- 

 crepancies ibetween guarantees and analyses are reported to the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture for appropriate action ; serious 

 discrepancies in goods shipped from other states are reported 

 to the Federal authorities for action under the United States 

 law. 



COTTONSEED BY-PRODUCTS. 



•Cotton Seed Meal is a product of the cotton seed only, com- 

 posed principally of the kernel, with such portion of the hull 

 as is necessary in the manufacture of oil, provided that noth- 

 ing shall be recognized as cotton seed meal that does not con- 

 form to the foregoing definition and that does not contain at 

 least thirty-six (36) per cent protein. 



Choice Cotton Seed Meal must be finely ground, not neces- 

 sarily bolted, perfectly sound and sweet in odor, yellow, free 

 from excess of lint, and must contain at least forty-one (41) 

 per cent of protein. 



