172 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I915. 



Feeding Stuffs — Continued. 



Brand, Maker and Guaranties. 



Resttlts op Examination. 



Purina Feed •with Molasses. Puiina Mills] The only official sample obtained was found 



in accord with guarantee in protein, fiber 

 and fat. 



(Ralston- Purina Co.), St. Louis, Mo. Com- 

 posed of cracked corn, crushed oats, ground 

 alfalfa, molasses, and one per cent, salt.j 

 Contains not moie than 11.7 per cent, 

 crude fiber and not less than 1.7 per cent.i 

 fat and 9.3 per cent, protein. Not regis-! 

 tared in 1914. Registered in 1915. 



Green Cross Horse Molasses Mixed Feed. No goods of this brand were found by 

 [ Quaker Oats Co., Chicago, 111. Composed} inspectors. 



of alfalfa meal, ground corn, crushed oats,, 



cottonseed meal, molasses, oatmeal milli 



by-product, oat middlings, oat hiills, oat! 



shorts. Contains not more than 12 per; 



cent, crude fiber, and not less than 2.5 per' 



cent, fat and 10 per cent, protein. Regis-, 



tered in 1914 and 1915. 



Xtra-vim Feed. Xtra-vim Molasses Feed;The only official sample obtained was 



Co., Boston, Mass. Composed of cane 

 sugar molasses and sphagnum moss. Con-' 

 tains not more than 4.5 per cent, of crude, 

 fiber, and not less than .81 per cent, fat and; 

 4.61 per cent, protein. Registered in 1914 

 and 1915. j 



slightly low in both protein and tat, and 

 slightly high in fiber, but the nature of 

 these goods makes it almost impossible 

 to get a fair sample of them and the re- 

 sults should therefore, not be depended 

 upon. See discussion on page — . 



MOLASSES FEEDS. 

 WiTii Over 15 Per Cent. Protein. 



Sucrene Dairy Feed. American Milling Co., Of 3 official samples, 2 were up to guarantee 



Peoria, 111. Composed of molasses, cotton- i 

 seed meal, corn gluten feed, ground and' 

 bolted grain screenings, clipped oat by- 

 product, linseed meal and salt. Contains 

 not more than 12 per cent, crude fiber, and 

 not less than 3.5 per cent, fat and 16.5 per! 

 cent, protein. Registered in 1914 and 1915. 



Arcady Dairy Feed. Arcady Farms Millir.g 

 Co., Rondout, 111. Composed of malt 

 sprouts, dried brewers' grains, cottonseed 

 meal, cleaned, ground and bolted grain 

 screenir.gs, ground and holted clipped oat 

 by-product, molasses, one-half ot one per 

 cent. salt. Contains not more than 15 per 

 cent, crude fiber, and not Itss than 3* per 

 cent, fat and 16 per cent, protein. Not 

 registered in 1914. Registered in 1915. 



Clover Leaf Dairy Feed. Clover Leaf Milling 

 Co., BulTalo, N. Y. Composed of cotton- 

 seed meal, com gluten feed, maxed broken 

 grains consisting of wheat, corn, barley, 

 flax, speltz, ground grain screenings, 

 clipped oat by-product, molasses and al 

 srE.all percentage of salt. Contains notj 

 more than 12 per cent, crude fiber, and not 

 less than 3.5 per cent, fat and 16.5 per 

 cent, protein. Registered in 1914 and 1915. 



Husted Justice Brand Dairy Scientific Ra- 

 tion. Consolidated Milling Corp., Buffalo, 

 N. Y. Composed of cottonseed meal, corn 

 gluten feed, linseed oil meal, wheat mid- 

 dlings, corn distillers' dried grains, corn 

 feed meal, clipped oat hy-products, malt 

 sprouts or brewers' dried grains, molasses, 

 salt f oi 1 per cent. Contains r.ot more 

 than 9 per cent, crude fiber, and not less 

 than 4 per cent, fat and 20 per cent, pro- 

 tein. Registered in 1914. Not registered 

 in 1915. 



in protein and one was slightly below. 

 2 samples were examined for fiber and fat 

 and found in accord with guarantee in 

 both. One sample was examined for weed 

 seeds; many seeds of green foxtail were 

 found. 



No goods of this brand were found by 

 inspectors. 



Of 2 official samples, one was up to guar- 

 antee in protein and the other slightly 

 below. Both were in accord with guar- 

 antee in fat. The sample that was 

 slightly low in protein was slightly high 

 in fiber; the other was in accord with 

 guarantee. One sample was examined 

 for weed seeds; a few seeds of lady's 

 thumb and mustard, and a fev.' hulls of 

 wild buckwheat were found. 



No goods of this brand were found by 

 inspectors. 



