OFFICIAL INSPECTIONS 72. II3 



With the exception of two samples that were deficient in 

 fat, — an almost negligible component in this class of feeds — 

 all the "gluten" feeds and meals examined have been found 

 fully in accord with their guarantees. A few of the samples 

 were examined for weed seeds. None were found. 



BRFWFRY AND DISTILLERY BY-PRODUCTS. 



Brewers Dried Grains is the dried residue from cereals ob- 

 tained after "mashing and sparging" the malt. 



Distillers Dried Grains is the dried residue from cereals ob- 

 tained in the manufacture of alcohol and distilled liquors. 



Little comment beyond what appears in the tables is neces- 

 sary on the samples of brewers and distillers grains examined 

 this season. Of ten samples examined, two were deficient in 

 protein, — one so slightly that the deficiency is negligible — and 

 one was high in fiber. No weed seeds were found in any of 

 the distillers grains; .both the samples of the one brand of brew- 

 ers grains registered carried a few. 



SUGAR BEET BY-PRODUCTS. 



Dried Beet Pulp is the residue of sugar beets after the ex- 

 traction of sugar. 



Only two brands of beet pulp are registered in Maine. One 

 of these, however, and perhaps the other, represents the product 

 of a number of factories, though all shipped under one brand 

 and name. The samples examined were all strictly in accord 

 with guaranty. 



The shippers of dried beet pulp claim for it, particularly in 

 the absence of succulent feeds, a feeding value somewhat anala- 

 gous to that of succulent feeds. If dried beet pulp has value 

 as a feed proportionate to the price at which it is usually sold, 

 it is for some such reason ; on the basis of its analysis, its 

 feeding value is low. If any exact feeding experiments on 

 this question have been made, they have not come to the atten- 

 tion of this Experiment Station. The claim appears doubtful. 



V^HEAT BY-PRODUCTS. 



Wheat Bran is the coarse outer coating of the wheat berry. 

 Standard Middlings or Shorts is the fine particles of the outer 



