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by the Station. The following are illustrations of the need of 

 studying labels. 



Most of the cottonseed meal which comes into the State is 

 guaranteed 41 per cent protein. There are an increasing num- 

 ber of cars that are guaranteed only 38 per cent protein. So 

 far as the writers can learn there is practically no difference in 

 selling price between the 41 per cent or choice cottonseed meal 

 and the 38 per cent or prime cottonseed meal. Even allowing 

 the protein in cottonseed meal in Maine to be worth only 50 

 cents per ton unit, according to the rebate which some of the 

 companies allow for shortage there is a dift'erence of $1.25 in 

 value between a 41 and a 38 per cent meal. There is a much 

 greater actual difference to the j\Iaine feeder because 50 cents a 

 ton per protein unit is based on what the goods are worth at 

 Mississippi Valley points. 



The name gluten feed is somewhat of a misnomer but it has 

 come by common consent to be applied to the refuse of corn 

 from starch and glucose factories. A gluten feed of good 

 quality will come guaranteed 23 per cent protein and will usually 

 analyze 25 per cent and will not carry more than 8 1-2 per cent 

 of the indigestible crude fiber. There are upon the market 

 so-called gluten feeds which while containing some corn product 

 are made up of various other compounds. One recently exam- 

 ined carried cottonseed meal, malt sprouts, barley, peanut shells 

 and some corn product. Such goods will carry half as much 

 again indigestible crude fiber as a straight gluten feed. 



High grade middlings carry 16 to 18 per cent protein and are 

 usually so labeled. A good bran will carry 15 or more per cent 

 of ]irotein. \\'heat .middlings will carry about 5 per cent and 

 wheat bran not more than 9 per cent crude fiber. There are 

 u])on the market adulterated middlings and mixed feeds which 

 fre(|uently retail at the price of straight middlings and wheat 

 bran, and rarely more than a dollar a ton below the straight 

 wheat refuse. These goods are plainly labeled under the law 

 and yet they find people to purchase them. For instance, 

 "Jersey Middlings." according to its label is composed of low 

 grade ilour, winter wheat middlings and ground corn cobs. Its 

 ]irotoin is guaranteed 10 per cent instead of the 16 per cent 

 carried by good middlings, and the indigestible crude fiber is 



