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RESULTS OF FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 



The present report gives the analyses of the samples of feed- 

 ing stuffs which were collected by the inspector and that have 

 been sent in by correspondents since bulletin 156 was published 

 in the spring of 1908. This includes samples which were taken 

 up to about March 15, at which time the copy for these tables 

 was sent to the printer. The analyses for the most part tell 

 their own story. 



It will be noted that occasional samples of cottonseed meal 

 fell one, two and three, and in one instance 5 per cent below 

 the guaranty. While this deficiency in protein is small com- 

 pared to what it was a few years ago, earnest endeavor is being 

 made to take this matter up with the mills and prevent these low 

 grade meals coming into the State. The present season this is 

 due to what would seem to be an adulteration. From reliable 

 sources it would seem that most of the cottonseed meal, if it 

 were properly bolted, would carry from 44 to 48 per cent protein, 

 but the highest grade recognized by the Inter-State Cottonseed 

 Crushers' Association is choice cottonseed meal which carries 

 8 per cent ammonia, or the equivalent of 41.2 per cent protein. 

 When the mills sell choice cottonseed meal, they are penalized 

 for meal that falls below the guaranty, but are not allowed any 

 premium for meal that runs above the requirements of choice 

 cottonseed meal. This has apparently led to either deliberate 

 introduction of cottonseed hull to the meal or inefficient bolting, 

 with the idea of producing a cottonseed meal that should carry 

 about 41 per cent protein. In some instances and with some 

 mills there has been a large amount of carelessness so that it 

 has not been uncommon to find meals running as low as prime 

 which has been sold as choice. 



Cottonseed meal is a by-product; the mills which grind it 

 being primarily engaged in the manufacture of cottonseed oil. 

 Almost none of the cottonseed meal is sold under the name of 

 the mill which produces it. Shippers in St. Louis, Memphis, 

 Little Rock and other points contract with these mills for the 

 delivery of cottonseed meal which they have purchased either 

 under a guaranty or per sample. The shipper sends his tags 

 to the mill and the cars are distributed to points where sales 



