OFFICIAL INSPECTIONS 72. 



Feeding Stuffs — Continued. 



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Brand, Maker and Gxiaranties. 



Results of Examination. 



Bee Brand Cotton Seed iMeal. W. C. No- 

 thern. Little Rock, Ark. Made from 

 decorticated cotton seed. Contains not 

 more than 10 per cent, crude fiber, and not 

 less than 6 per cent, fat and 4i per cent. 

 protein. Registered in 1914 and 1915. 



Butterfly Meal. W. C. Nothern, Little 

 Rock, Ark. Made from pressed cotton 

 seed. Contains not more than 12 per cent 

 crude fiber, and not less than 6 per cent 

 fat and 39 per cent, protein. Registered 

 in 1914 and 1915. 



Dairy Brand Cotton Seed Meal. W. C.I 

 Nothern, Little Rock, Ark. Made from] 

 pressed cotton seed. Contains not more 

 than 12 per cent, crude fiber, and not lesS] 

 than 6 per cent, fat and 35 per cent, pro- 

 tein. Not registered in 1914. Registered 

 in 1915. 



Three dealers' samples were up to guaran- 

 tee in protein. 4 official samples were 

 collected. 3 were up to guarantee in 

 protein; one was slightly below. Com- 

 plete examinations of 2 samples were 

 made. Both conformed to their guaran- 

 tees in fat and fiber. 



One dealer's sample was slightly below 

 guarantee in protein. 4 officiaLsamples 

 were collected. One was up to 'guarantee 

 in protein; 2 were slightly below; and 

 one was over 2-2 per cent, below. Com- 

 plete examinations of 3 of the oflBcial 

 samples were made, 2 of the samples 

 that were slightly low in protein ard one 

 the sample that was lowest. The 2 

 former conformed to their fat and fiber 

 guarantees; the latter was up to its 

 guarantee in fat but quite high in fiber. 



Not sampled. So far as known to the Ex- 

 periment Station, no goods of this brand 

 were shipped; it was registered to take 

 care of Butterfly Meal, guaranteed 39 

 per cent, protein, which on examination 

 was found to fall below that guarantee. 



Baltimore Brand Cotton Seed Meal. "W.jOne dealer's sample was up to guarantee 

 Newton Smith, Baltimore, Md. Cottonj in protein. No goods of this brand were 

 Seed Meal. Contains not more than lOf found by inspectors, 

 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than 7 

 per cent, fat and 384 per cent, protein. 

 Registered in 1914. Brand with same 

 name but different guarantees registered 

 in 1915; see below. 



Baltimore Brand Cotton Seed Meal. W. 

 Newton Smith, Baltimore, Md. Cotton 

 Seed Meal. Contains not more than 10 

 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than 7 

 per cent, fat and 38.62 per cent, protein 

 Registered in 1915. Brand with sanie 

 name but different guarantees registered in 

 1914; see above. 



Dirigo Brand Cotton Seed Meal. W. New- 

 ton Smith, Baltimore, Md. . Cotton Seed 

 Meal. Contains not more than 10 per 

 cent, crude fiber, and not less than 6_per 

 cent, fat and 385 per cent, protein, 

 istered in 1914. Brand with same name 

 but different guarantees registered in 1915; 

 see below. 



Dirigo Brand Cotton Seed Meal. W. New- 

 ton Smith, Baltimore, Md. Cotton Seed 

 Meal. Contains not more than 10 i per 

 cent, crude fiber, and not less than 6 pei 

 cent, fat and 41 per cent, protein. Reg' 

 istered in 1915. Brand with same name 

 but different guarantees registered in 1914; 

 see above. 



"Pilgrim" Cotton Seed Meal. J. E. Soper 

 Co., Boston, Mass. Pure cotton seed 

 meal. Contains not more than 10 per 

 cent, crude fiber, and not less than 5 per 

 cent, fat and 38.5 per cent, protein. Reg- 

 istered in 1914 and 1915. 



Not sampled. So far as known to the Ex- 

 periment Station, no goods were shipped 

 under this brand in 1915. It was regis- 

 tered to take care of certain lots of Dirigo 

 Brand Cotton Seed Meal, guaranteed 41 

 per cent, protein, which on examination 

 were found to fall short of that guarantee. 



Two dealers' samples and 1 official sample 

 were up to guarantee in protein. No 

 complete examinations were made. 



Of 3 dealers' samples, one was slightly 

 below guarantee in protein; one was 

 over 1 per cent, below; and one was 

 over 2 per cent, below. Of 2 oflacial 

 samples, one was slightly below guaran- 

 tee in protein and the other was over 1 

 per cent, below. No complete exam- 

 inations were made. 



Of 6 dealers' samples, 5 were up to guar- 

 antee in protein and one was slightly 

 below. 4 official samples were all up to 

 guarantee in protein. A complete ex- 

 amination of one of them was made. It 

 guarantee in fat but carried slightly 

 more fiber than claimed. 



