184 MAINE AGRICULTUR-\L EXPERIMENT STATION. I915. 



Feeding Stuffs — Continued. 



Beand, Maker axd Gtjabanties. 



Results of Examination. 



Farmers' Union. Scratch Feed. Farmers ' The only oflicial sample obtained ■was found 



in accord with guarantee in fiber, but 

 one-half per cent, below in protein and 

 nearlj- one per cent, below in tat. 



Union Grain & Supply Co., Wat€r\-ille, 

 Me. Composed of wheat, cracked com, 

 barley, buckwheat, oats, Kaffir com, sun- 

 flower seed. Contains not more than 5 

 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than 3.5| 

 per cent, fat and 10 per cent, protein. 

 Not registered in 1914. Registered in 1915.] 



Anchor Brand Scratch Feed. Globe Elevator No goods of this brand were found by 

 Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Made from a com- inspectors, 

 bination of various seeds with buckwheat, 

 cracked com, KafEj com, wheat, barley, 

 oats, cracked peas. On 1914 certificate: 

 Contains not more than 5 per cent, crude 

 fiber, and nor less than 4 per cent, fat and 

 12 per cent, protein. On 1915 certificate: 

 Contains not more than 6 per cent, crude 

 fiber, and not less than 3 per cent, fat and 

 12 per cent, protein. Registered in 1914 

 and 1915. 



Blue Ribbon T.aj-ing Mash. Globe Elevator; No goods of this brand were found by 

 Co., Buffalo. N. Y. Composed of wheat j Laspectors. 

 bran, wheat middlings, wheat flour, groimd 

 oats, com meal, com gluten meal, pea 

 meal, ground alfalfa, linseed oil meal, meat 

 meal, fish scrap, ground bone. Contains 

 not more than 10 per cent, crude fiber, and 

 not less than 3 per cent, fat and 20 per 

 cent, protein. Registered in 1914 and 1915. 



Blue Ribbon Scratch Feed. Globe Elevator 

 Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Composed ot cracked 

 com, wheat, barley, Kaffir com, oats, buck- 

 wheat, sunflower seeds, green spht peas. 

 Contaios not more than 4 per cent, crude 

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

 12 per cent, protein. Registered in 1914 

 and 1915. " i 



An Unlabeled Chick Feed, shipped by D. H. The only official sample carried 10.75 per 

 Grandin MiUing Co., Jamestown, N. Y. cent, protein, 3.19 per cent, fat and 3.10 

 Unregistered. Misbranded. Case pending. per cent, fiber. 



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Greene 's Chicken Feed. Greene Chick Feed The only oflacial sample obtained was found 



The only official sample obtained was found 

 in accord with guarantee in fiber, but 

 oyer 1 per cent, below in protein and overi 

 1 per cent, below in fat. It contained 

 some weed seeds. 



in accord with guarantee in protein and 

 fat and carried over 9 per cent, fiber. 



Co., Marblehead, Mass. No certificate 

 filed. Claims on package: Crude fiber 

 not stated; fat not less than 3 per cent.; 

 protein not less than 11 per cent. ^Yhen 

 these goods were sampled, they were not 

 registered. Since then a certificate has 

 been filed for ' ' Greene 's Chick Feed; fiber 

 3 per cent., fat 3 per cent., protein 10 per 

 cent." Although this does not agree 

 either in name or guarantees with the pack- 

 age label, it was probablj- intended to cover 

 these goods. • i 



Greene 's ' ' First Feed. ' ' Greene Chick Feed No goods of this brand were found by 

 Co., Marblehead, Mass. "'First Feed" is; inspectors, 

 made from white com, steam cooked: yel- 

 low com geim meal; shredded codfish, 

 steam cooked; ground hulled oats, steam 

 cooked; dried milk, steam cooked; entire 

 wheat, cod livers, steam cooked; ground 

 flaxseed, gluten meal, steam cooked; dried 

 blood, steam cooked; shell lime and finely 

 ground meat scraps, steam cooked. Cop- 

 tains not more than 5 per cent, crude fiber, 

 and not less than 3 per cent, tat and 17 per 

 cent, protein. Not registered in 1914. 

 Registered in 1915. 



