OFFICIAL INSPECTIONS 72. 



Feeding Stuffs — Continued. 



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Brand, Maker and Guaranties. 



Results of^ Examination. 



Scribner's Intermediate Chick Feed. D. & 

 C. E. Scribner Co., Brunswick, Me. Com- 

 posed of cracked corn, hulled oats, wheat, 

 millet, Kaffir corn, clover. Contains not 

 more than 7 per cent, crude fiber, and not 

 less than 4 per cent, fat and 12 per cent, 

 protein. Registered in 1&14. Not regis- 

 tered in 1915. 



Scribner's Laying Mash. D. & C. E. Scrib- 

 ner Co., Brunswick, Me. Composed of 

 bran, middlings, hominy, alfalfa, corn 

 meal, meat scrap, fish meal and bone meal. 

 Contains rot more than 12 per cent, crude 

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

 18 per cent, protein. Registered in 1914 

 and 1915. 



Scribner's Scratch Feed. D. & C. E. Scribner 

 Co., Brunswick, Me. On 1914 certificate: 

 Composed of cracked corn, wheat, Kaffir 

 corn, barley, buckwheat, oats, sunflower 

 seed, charcoal. Contains not more than 

 7 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than 

 3 per cent, fat and 12 per cent, protein. On 

 1915 certificate: Composed of cracked 

 corn, wheat, oats, Kaffir corn, India or 

 buckwheat, charcoal. Contains not more 

 than 12 per cent, crude fiber, and not less 

 than 3 per cent, fat and 10 per cent, pro- 

 tein. Registered in 1914 and 1915. 



Star Scratch Feed. F. A. Waldron & Son, 

 Portland, Me. Composed of cracked corn, 

 oats, barley, buckwheat, wheat, Kaffir 

 corn. Contains not more than 4 per cent, 

 fiber, and not less than 3.5 per cent, fat and 

 10.5 per ceait. protein. Registered in 1914. 

 Not registered in 1915. 



Wentworth Brothers' Dry Feed for Growing 

 Chicks. Wentworth Brothers, Cornish, 

 Me. Composed of corn meal, wheat bran, 

 wheat middlings, ground oats, animal meal, 

 charcoal and salt. Contains not more than 

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

 per cent, fat a.,nd 18 per cent, protein. Not 

 registered in 1914. Registered in 1916. 



No goods of this brand were found by 

 inspectors. 



Two official samples were both misbranded 

 in that the protein guarantee on the 

 labels was 20 per cent, instead of 18 per 

 cent, as stated on the certificate. Both 

 of the samples carried less than 15 per 

 cent, protein. 2 samples examined last 

 year were equally as bad. One sample 

 was examined for fiber and fat and found 

 in accord with guarantee in both. Both 

 samples contained a few weed seeds. 



No goods of this brand were found by 

 inspectors. 



No goods of this brand were found by 

 inspectors. 



The only official sample obtained was ii? 

 accord with guarantee in protein and 

 fiber and practically so in fat. 



accord with guarantee in protein and fiber 

 but over 1 per cent, below in fat. 



Wentworth Brothers' Dry Feed for Laying The only official sample obtained was in 



Hens. Wentworth Bros., Cornish, Me. — -1— i.-- ..._■ x..- j «u„^ 



Composed of corn meal, wheat middlings, 

 wheat bran, alialta meal, meat scraps, oil 

 meal, charcoal and salt. Contains not 

 more than 8i per cent, crude fiber, and not 

 less than 51 per cent, fat and 20 per cent, 

 protein. Registered in 1914 and 1915. 



Wentworth Brothers' Dry Feed for YounglThe only official sample obtained was up to 



Chicks. Wentworth Bros., Cornish, Me. 

 Composed of corn meal, oatmeal, mid-l 

 dlings, linseed meal, meat scraps, charcoal 

 and salt. Contains not more than 5 pen 

 cent, crude fib^r, and not less than 5 per' 

 cent, fat and 16 per cent, protein. Not, 

 registered in 1914. Registered in 1915. j 



guarantee in protein but slightly below 

 in fat and slightly high in fiber. 



