l86 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I915. 



Feeding Stuffs — Continued. 



Brand, Makek and Guaranties. 



Results of Examination. 



H-8 Special Scratch Feed. E. T. Hathaway, 

 Yarmouth ville, Me. Composed of corn 

 cracked corn, oats, wheat, buckwheat, 

 barley, Kaffir corn, sunflower seed, and a 

 small amount of charcoal. Contains not 

 more than 5 per cent, crude fiber, and not 

 less than 2 per cent, fat and 10 per cent, 

 protein. Registered in 1914 and 1915. 



Orono Brand Dry Mash. E. T. Hathaway, 

 Yarmouthville, Me. Composed of corn 

 meal, wheat bran, wheat middlings, gluten 

 meal, linseed meal, beef scrap, alfalfa and 

 a little charcoal. Contains not more than 

 7.5 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than 

 6.5 per cent, fat and 20 per cent, protein. 

 Registered in 1914 and 1915. 



Hecker's No. 1 Scratch Feed. Hecker Cereal 

 Co., New York, N. Y. Composed of 

 wheat, Kaffir corn, cracked corn, barley, 

 buckwheat, cracked peas, sunflower seed. 

 Contains not more than 5 per cent, crude 

 fiber, and not less than 3 per cent, and 10 

 per cent, protein. Registered in 1914. Not 

 registered in 1915. 



Hecker's No. 2 Scratch Feed. Hecker Cereal 

 Co., New York, N. Y. Composed of 

 wheat, Kaffir corn, barley, cracked corn 

 oats, buckwheat., Contains not more than 

 5 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than S 

 per cent, fat and 10 per cent, protein. 

 Registered in 1914. Not registered in 1915. 



Hen-o-la Dry Mash. Hen-e-ta Bone Co., 



Newark, N. J. Composed of corn meal, 

 corn gluten feed, wheat bran, wheat mid- 

 dlings, old process linseed oil meal, and 

 "Hen-e-ta" (composed of phosphorus, 

 lime, soda and silica). Contains not more 

 than 4 per cent, crude fiber, and not less 

 than 2 per cent, fat and 12 per cent, pro- 

 tein. Registered in 1914. Not registered 

 in 1915. 



Intermediate Chick Feed. Wm. S. Hills Co., 

 Boston, Mass. No certificate filed. Guar- 

 antees not stated on label. Unregistered; 

 misbranded; case pending. 



Purity Growing Feed. Wm. S. Hills Co., 

 Boston, Mass. Composed of corn meal, 

 hominy, middlings, beet scraps, fish meal 

 and oatmeal. Contains not more than 14 

 per cent, crude fiber; and not less than 6 

 per cent, fat and 19 per cent, protein 

 Registered in 1914 and 1915. 



Purity Poultry Mash. Wm. S. Hills Co., 

 Boston, Mass. Composed of beef scraps, 

 oil meal, alfalfa meal, bran, corn meal, 

 chick cracked corn, groimd oats, barley, 

 fish meal, middlings. Contains not more 

 than 10 per cent, crude fiber, and not less 

 than 4 per cent, fat and 17 per cent, pro- 

 tein. Registered in 1914 and 1915. 



Purity Scratch Feed. Wm. S. Hills Co., 

 Boston, Mass. Composed of corn, wheat, 

 Kaffir corn, oats, barley, buckwheat and 

 sunflower seeds. Contains not more than 

 6 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than 3 

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

 repistered in 1914. Registered in 1915. 



The only official sample obtained was in 

 accord with guarantee in protein, fiber 

 and fat. It contained very many weed 



seeds. 



The only official sample obtained was in 

 accord with guarantee in protein and fiber 

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



No goods of this brand were found by 

 inspectors. 



No goods of this brand were found byi 

 inspectors. 



No goods of this brand were found by 

 inspectors. 



The only official sample obtained carried 

 10.44 per cent, protein, 2.52 per cent, fat 

 and 2.02 per cent, fiber. 



Of 2 official samples, one was up to guar- 

 antee in protein; the other was over 4 

 per cent, below. The sample that was 

 low in protein was examined for fiber and 

 fat and found in accord with guarantee 

 in both. 



The only official sample obtained was in 

 accord with guarantee in protein, fiber 

 and fat. 



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 the former and practically 

 so in fat. It contained some weed seeds. 



