FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. I(X) 



MOEASSES AND SUGAR FEEDS. 



Analyses pages 99 and 100. 



Feeding experiments with molasses feeds have shown them to 

 be fairly economical. They, however, are not used very much 

 in this State and should not be purchased by the ordinary farmer 

 since they are low in protein and high in carbohydrates. 

 Feeders who find it necessary to purchase nearly all of their 

 food may find these molasses feeds economical. 



The molasses and sugar feeds carry on the average about 15 

 to 16 per cent of protein. It is to be remembered, however, 

 that this class of feeds are sold not as a source of protein but 

 for the soluble carbohydrates which they carry, and the lower 

 protein means more of the carbohydrates. The Molac Molasses 

 Dairy feed in two instances fell below the guarantee. Sucrene 

 Dairy feed was up to the guarantee. 



REFUSES ' FROM MILLING OATS, CORN, ETC. 



Analyses pages 100 and 101. 



The market still carries a large number of oat feeds, corn 

 chops, corn and oat feeds and similar offals by themselves and 

 blended with concentrated feeds. They vary in composition 

 from the straight oat hull refuse with perhaps 6 per cent protein, 

 to the blends that carry from 15 to 18 percent of protein. 

 For the most part these goods are fairly well up to their guar- 

 antee and no fault can be found with the manufacturer for 

 desiring to sell these waste products. Few or no claims are 

 made for nutrients which the goods do not actually carry. The 

 feeder has himself to blame if, with barns filled with hay, corn 

 stalks and silage, he buys feeds low in protein instead of those 

 high in protein. An oat feed with 6 per cent protein is no better 

 feed nor is it any better digested 'than a coarse fodder with the- 

 same protein content. This class of foods can probably be 

 economically used only by feeders who find it necessary to buy 

 "roughage" as well as concentrates. 



Many of these corn and oat feeds run up tojthe guarantee, 

 but others of them, such as Haskell's Stock feed, Shumachers 

 Stock feed, and Victor Corn and Oat feed run constantly below 

 their guarantee in protein. Why anyone should care to buy a 



