l6o MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I915. 



Feeding Stuffs — Continued. 



Brand, Maker axd Gtjakanties. 



Results of Examination. 



Bluegrass Feed (Registered in 1915 as Blue Two official samples 'were both up to guar- 



Grass Valley Feedi. A. Waller & Co.,| 

 Inc., Henderson, Ky. Composed of winteri 

 ■wheat bran, winter wheat middlings,] 

 ground com and cob. Contains not more' 

 than 17 per cent, crude fiber, and not lessj 

 than 2 per cent, fat and 9 per cent, protein. 

 Registered in 1914 and 1915. 



antee in protein. One was examined for 

 fiber and fat. It was in accord with giiar- 

 antee in fat but exceeded even its very 

 high fiber guarantee by over 2 per cent. 

 Both contained a few hulls and one a few 

 seeds of com cockle. 



CORN AND OATS GROUND TOGETHER. 



Corn i- Oats * & *. Bufialo Cereal Co. 

 Builalo, N. Y. Guaranteed pure. Con- 

 tains not more than 4 per cent, crude 

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

 9 per cent, protein. Not registeredin 1914. 

 Registered in 1915. 



The only official sample obtained was 

 found in accord "with guarantee in protein 

 and fat, but nearly 3 per cent, high in 

 fiber. The fiber guarantee on these goods 

 is too low; only 2 of aU samples of corn- 

 and-oat feeds examined at this experi- 

 ment station in the past 3 years have had 

 as little as 4 per cent, fiber. 



Com and Oat Chop CRegistered in 1915 as The only official sample obtained was in 



Chop Feed). Carll Bros., "Waterboro, Me. 

 Composed of com and oats. Contains not 

 more than 5 per cent, crude fiber, and not 

 less than 4 per cent, fat and 10 per cent, 

 protein. Registered in 1914 and 1915. 



accord with giiarantee in protein and fiber 

 but slightly low in fat. No weed seeds 

 were found. The sample was taken from 

 the spout leading from the bin where the 

 goods were in bulk, and may, therefore, 

 not be exactly representative. 



No goods of this brand were found by 

 inspectors. 



Com & Oat Chop. Dinsmore Grain Co., Wis-: 



casset. Me. Composed of com, corn feed 



meal and oats. Contains not more than 



4.8 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than; 



3.5 per cent, fat and 10 per cent, protein. I 



Registered in 1914. Not registeredin 1915. | 



i 

 Com and Oat Feed. Eastern Grain Co., 



Bangor, Me. 50 lbs. corn and 32 lbs. oats 



ground together. Contains not more than 



6 per cent, crude fiber, and not lessthani 



5 per cent, fat and 10 per cent, protein. 



(On 1914 certificate: Contains not less than , 



11 per cent, protein). Registered in 19141 



and 1915. I 



Pure Com & Oats. Elmore Milling Co., No goods of this brand were found by 

 Oneonta, N. Y. Composed of ground oats inspectors. 

 and com meal. Contains not more than 6 

 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than 5 

 per cent, fat and 10 per cent, protein. Not 

 registered in 1914. Registered in 1915. 



G. M. Co. Oatfeed. Gray Milling Co., East The only official sample obtained was in 



The only official sample obtained carried 

 the 1914 protein guarantee of 11 per cent. 

 It fell short of that but was in accord 

 with the 1915 guarantee of 10 per cent. 

 It was in accord with guarantee in fiber 

 but over one-half per cent, below in fat. 

 No weed seeds were found. 



Gray, Me. Com meal and oats. Con- 

 tains not moie than 7 per cent, crude fiber, 

 and not less than 4 per cent, fat and 10 per 

 cent, protein. Registered in 1914 and 1915. 



accord with guarantee in protein and 

 fiber, but over 1 per cent, below in fat. 

 It contained a few hulls of wild buck- 

 wheat and green foxtail. The sample 

 was taken from the spout leading from the 

 bin where the goods were in bulk, and 

 therefore may not be exactly repre- 

 I sentative. 



Gwinn's Horse & Mule Feed. Gwinn Milling No goods of this brand were found by 

 Co., Columbxis, O. Corn and oats. Con- inspectors, 

 tains not more than 9 per cent, crude fiber, 

 and not less than 4 per cent, fat and 10 per 

 cent, protein. Registered in 1914 and 191 5. 1 



