OFFICIAL INSPECTIONS 'J^. 



Feeding Stuffs — Continued. 



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Beand, Maker and Guaranties. 



Results op Examination. 



Cornish Dry Mash for Laying Hens. Pen- 

 dexter Bros., Cornish, Maine. Composed 

 of bran, meal, meat scraps, linseed meal, 

 gluten, alfalfa, molasses leed, charcoal, 

 wheat middlings and salt. Contains not 

 more than 9 per cent, crude fiber and not 

 less than 44 per cent, fat and 16 per cent, 

 protein. 



Pilco All Grain Scratch Feed. Pilliod Milling 

 Co., Swanton, O. Composed of cracked 

 corn, wheat, oats, barley, buckwheat, rye 

 and wheat screenings. Contains not more 

 than 4 per cent, crude fiber, and not less 

 than 4 per cent, fat and 9 per cent, protein. 

 Not legistered in 1914. Registered in 1915. 



Purina Chick Feed. Purina Mills Branch, 

 Ralston Purina Co., St. Louis, R'Jo. Com- 

 posed of wheat, corn, millet, Kaffir or Milo 

 maize, recleaned wheat screenings. Con- 

 tains not more than 4 per cent, crude fiber, 

 and not less than 3 per cent, fat and 11 per 

 cent, protein. Registered in 1914 and 1915. 



Purina Chicken Chowder with Charcoal. 

 Purina Mills, (Ralston Purina Co.") St. 

 Louis, Mo. Composed of wheat middlings, 

 wheat bran, corn meal, alfalfa, linseed 

 meal, granulated meal, salt. Contains not 

 more than 9 per cent, crude fiber, and not 

 less than 3 per cent, fat and 17 per cent, 

 protein. Registered in 1914. Not regis- 

 tered in 1915. 



Purina Scratch Feed. Purina Mills, (Ral- 

 ston Purina Co.) St. Louis, Mo. Com- 

 posed of wheat, corn, barley, Kaffir or Milo 

 maize, sunflower, recleaned wheat screen- 

 ings. Contains not more than 4 per cent, 

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

 and 11 per cent, protein. Registered in 

 1914. Not registered in 1915. 



American Poultry Food. Quaker Oats Co., 

 Chicago, 111. Composed of hominy leed, 

 cottonseed meal, ground barley, wheat 

 mixed feed and lye shorts. Contains not 

 more than 9 per cent, crude fiber, and not 

 less than 3.5 per cent, tat and 12 per cent, 

 protein. Registered m 1914 and 1915. 



Blue Ribbon Scratch Grains. Quaker Oats 

 Co., Chicago, 111. Composed of whole 

 wheat, whole Kaffir coin, whole barley, 

 cracked Indian corn, whole buckwheat, 

 sunflower seeds. Contains not more than 

 5 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than 

 2.5 per cent, fat and 10 per cent, protein 

 Not registered in 1914. Registered in 1915, 



Quaker Chick Feed. Quaker Oats Co., 

 Chicago, 111. Composed of cracked wheat, 

 cracked Kaffir corn, cracked Indian corn, 

 whole millet seed, oatmeal, charcoal, 

 marble grit, wild buckwheat, with not to 

 exceed one-half of one per cent, miscella- 

 neous wild seeds occurring in above seeds 

 and grains. Contains not more than 5 per 

 cent, crude fiber, and not less than 2.5 per 

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

 istered in 1914. Registered in 1915. 



The only official sample obtained was in 

 accord with guarantee in protein, fiber 

 and fat. It was misbranded in that it was 

 absolutely unlabeled. 



Two official samples were both misbranded 

 in that they carried no guarantees on the 

 labels. Both were up to the certificate 

 guarantee in protein. One was examined 

 for fiber and fat and found in accord with 

 guarantee in the former but over 1 per 

 cent, below in fat. It contained many 

 weed seeds. 



The only official sample octained was in 

 accord with guarantee in fiber and fat 

 but over one-half per cent, below in 

 protein. 



No goods of this brand were lound by 

 inspectors. 



No goods of this brand were found by 

 inspectors. 



No goods of this brand were found by 

 inspectors. 



No goods of this brand were found by 

 inspectors. 



Two official samples were both up to guar- 

 antee in protein. One was examined for 

 fiber and fat and found in accord with 

 guaiantee in both. It contained very 

 many weed seeds; the presence of weed 

 seeds is plainly stated on the label and 

 the certificate. 



