May, 19 1 3. 



MAINE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



ORONO, MAINE. 



CHAS. D. WOODS, Director 



ANALYSTS 



James M. Bartlett Herman H. Hanson 



Royden L. Hammond Edward E. Sawyer 



Helen W. Averill Elmer R. Tobey 



0ltitml Snsipecttong 



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FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 



In reporting the results of the inspection and examination 

 of feeding stuffs for the fall, winter, and spring of 1912 and 

 1913 but little comment is necessary. The results of the 

 analyses of samples taken are given in the following pages. 

 The samples include those taken by the regular inspectors, also 

 those sent to the Station by dealers and consumers. Protein 

 was determined in all these samples. A complete analysis was 

 made of at least one sample of every brand if an official sample 

 was available. A complete analysis was not made of samples 

 sent by correspondents. 



It is a matter for gratification that almost without exception 

 the dealers of the State are working in hearty cooperation with 

 the efforts of this Station to improve the feeding stuff's situa- 

 tion in Maine. New brands of feeding stuffs coming into the 

 State are almost immediately referred to the Station for ex- 

 amination. Almost every shipment of concentrated feeding 

 stuffs coming into this State is also immediately sampled and 



