FEEDING STUFFS INSPECTION LAWS. l8l 



"The sample of cottonseed meal which you sent us carries 

 22.44 P er cent, protein and 6.48 per cent. fat. There is appar- 

 ently some coloring matter added to conceal the cotton hulls 

 which are ground with the sample. After extracting with ether, 

 which we do in estimating the fat, the meal instead of being yel- 

 low, like the original sample, is nearly black. 



"This is the poorest cottonseed that we have seen in this State 

 for a good many months. I trust that you are not intending to 

 offer it for sale at any price. I should be pleased to know the 

 history of the sample. There is no charge for the analysis." 



The reply received was as follows : 



"Yours of September 18th received. The cottonseed meal was 

 sent to us by a New York party who wished us to handle the 

 product of the mill. We requested, for the first thing we did, 

 to send us the analysis of it which they failed to do, but they still 

 kept trying to make arrangements with us to handle their meal. 

 We at last requested them to send us a large sample, which we 

 immediately sent you for analysis and now that we have found it 

 so poor, we certainly shall not handle any of it, and shall make 

 sure that none of our competitors do. 



"We do not handle any meal that runs less than 43 per cent, 

 protein, and we intend to and try to buy all the meal that we can 

 that contains a higher per cent." 



The law has resulted in the education of the dealer so that he 

 has knowledge of the feeding value of the goods he handles. 

 While as a whole, feed dealers have always been anxious to give 

 full value in the goods they sell, the feeding stuffs law enables 

 them to know the quality of the materials they handle, not only 

 from their appearance but from their chemical composition. 



As soon as the winter stock of feeding stuff's are in the market, 

 the Station representatives will draw samples for analysis. The 

 results cannot be published and ready for distribution until Janu- 

 ary or February. In the meantime if the feeders desire to know 

 the quality of the goods they are using, or dealers what they are 

 selling, a two ounce sample sent to the Station (preferably in tin 

 or glass) will be promptly analyzed and the results reported to 

 the correspondent without cost to the sender. Such co-operation 

 will materiallv add to the effectiveness of the law. 



