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there much corn cockle in this mixed feed, which is poisonous 

 to animals, but the seed germinated at the rate of upwards of 

 45,000 plants per 100 pound bag of the feed, so there was great 

 danger of spreading this pernicious weed from its use. 



There is no class of feeding stuffs in which the consumer 

 needs to use greater care at present than in the purchase of 

 mixed feeds. There is so much profit in selling ground corn 

 cobs and broom corn at the price of wheat bran that the con- 

 sumer must ever be on the watch against this fraud. The safest 

 thing is to buy only well known, reliable brands of this class of 

 goods. The bulletin gives the names and analyses of many 

 manufacturers of high class brans and other wheat offals. If 

 consumers will see to it that all of this class of feeds which they 

 buy carries the name of the miller there will be little likelihood 

 of their being defrauded. In case of any doubt, mail a sample 

 to the Station and an analyses will be made and the results 

 reported promptly and without charge. 



ADULTERATED WHEAT OPEALS. 



Analyses page 175. 

 With the exception of the mixed feeds from Kentucky, sold 

 chiefly under the names of Blue Grass and Jersey mixed feeds, 

 no adulterated wheat offals have been found upon the market. 

 These goods as offered in the State are properly tagged, carrying 

 not only the percentage of protein and fat, but the statement of 

 their composition showing the materials that have been added 

 to the wheat bran. Their sale is perfectly proper under the law 

 when they are correctly labeled. There is, however, practically 

 no feeding value in corn cobs and as these adulterated wheat 

 offals are sold for only one dollar or so per ton below the price 

 of a straight wheat bran, they are expensive feeds. 



BEEF SCRAPS. 



Analyses page 175. 

 Ground beef scraps are used chiefly for feeding poultry and 

 while they are more or less generally distributed, the sales are 

 small as compared with other materials coming under the feed- 

 ing stuffs law. In some instances, at any rate, the guaranty as 



