OFFICIAL INSPECTIONS 72. 



Feeding Stuffs — Continued. 



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Brand, Maker and Guaranties. 



Results op Examination. 



Big Jo Bran. Wabasha Roller Mill Co., Wa- 

 basha, Minn. On 1914 certificate: Con- 

 tains not more than 9.62 per cent, crude 

 fiber, and not less than 5.15 per cent, fat 

 and 16.39 per cent, protein. On 1915 cer- 

 tificate: Contains not more than 11.6 per 

 cent, crude fiber, and not less than 3.2 per 

 cent, fat and 15.3 per cent, protein. Reg- 

 istered in 1914 and 1915. 



Big Jo Flour Middlings. Wabasha Roller 

 Mill Co., Wabasha, Minn. Contains not 

 more than 3.5 per cent, crude fiber, and not 

 less than 4.3 per cent, fat and 16.5 per cent, 

 protein. Not registered in 1914. Regis- 

 tered in 1915. 



Big Jo Middlings. Wabasha Roller Mill Co., 

 Wabasha, Minn. On 1914 certificate: 

 Contains not more than 7.16 per cent, crude 

 fiber, and not less than 6.54 per cent, fat 

 and 17.73 per cent, protein. On 1915 cer- 

 tificate: Contains not more than 10.85 per 

 cent, crude fiber, and not less than 4.65 per 

 cent, tat and 15.4 per cent, protein. Reg- 

 istered in 1914 and 1915. 



Big Jo Mixed Feed. Wabasha Roller Mill 

 Co., Wabasha, Minn. Composed of 50 per 

 cent. Big Jo Bran, 25 per cent. Big Jo Mid- 

 dlings and 25 per cent. Big Jo Flour Mid- 

 dlings. Contains not more than 9.35 per 

 cent, crude fiber, and not less than 3.75 per 

 cent, fat and 15.8 per cent, protein. Not 

 registered in 1914. Registered in 1915. 



Mixed Feed. Waggoner-Gates Milling Co., 

 Indej>endence, Mo. Composed of pure 

 wheat bran and middlings. Contains not 

 more than 9 per cent, crude fiber, and not 

 less than 3 per cent, fat and 15 per cent, 

 protein. Registered in 1914 and 1915 by 

 Chas. M. Cox Co., Boston, Mass. 



Wheat Bran with ground screenings not ex- 

 ceeding mill run. Washburn-Crosby Co., 

 Minneapolis, Minn. Wheat bran and 

 ground screenings not exceeding mill run. 

 Contains not more than 12 per cent, crude 

 fiber, and not less than 4 per cent, fat and 

 14.5 per cent, protein. Registered in 1914 

 and 1915. 



Wheat Flour Middlings with ground screen- 

 ings not exceeding mill run. Washburn- 

 Crosby Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Wheat 

 standard middlings, red dog flour and 

 ground screenings not exceeding mill run. 

 Contains not more than 6.5 per cent, crude 

 fiber, and not less than 5 per cent, fat and 

 17 per cent, protein. Registered in 1914 

 and 1915. 



The 2 official samples obtained both carried 

 the 1914 guarantees. On that basis, they 

 were both in accord with guarantee in 

 protein and one was in accord with guar- 

 antee in fat. The other was slightly low 

 in fat and both were high in fiber. On the 

 basis of the 1915 guarantees, both would 

 have been in accord with guarantee in all 

 respects. Both samples contained a few 

 hulls of corn cockle. 



Ttvo official samples were both misbranded 

 in that the guarantees on the package did 

 not agree with the filed fertifieate. On 

 either basis, both were up to guarantee in 

 protein. One was examined for fiber and 

 fet and found in accord with the certifi- 

 cate guarantee in both. On the basis 

 of the label guarantee, it was slightly 

 low in fat and slightly high in fiber. 



No goods of this brand were found by 

 inspectors. 



The only official sample obtained was in 

 accord with guarantee in protein, fiber 

 and fat. 



Two official sam.ples were both up to guar- 

 antee in protein. One was examined for 

 fiber and fat and found in accord with 

 guarantee in both. In one sample no 

 weed seeds were found; in the other, a 

 few hulls of corn cockle. 



Two official samples were both up to guar- 

 antee in protein. One was examined for 

 fiber and fat and found in accord with 

 guarantee in both. Beth samples con- 

 tained a few hulls of wild buckwheat and 

 corn cockle and one contained a few seeds 

 of wild buckwheat. 



No goods of this brand were found by 

 inspectors. 



