FliEDING STUJ?F INSPECTION. 95 



blended with concentrated feeds. They vary in composition 

 from the straight oat hull refuse with perhaps 6 per cent pro- 

 tein, to the blends that carry from 15 to 1 8 or even higher per- 

 centages of protein. For the most part these goods are fairly 

 well up to their guarantee 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 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 oat straw with the 

 same protein content. This class of feeds can probably be 

 economically used only by feeders who find it necessary to buy 

 " roughage " as well as concentrates. 



The manufacturers have notified us that they have changed the 

 minimum guarantee of protein of the Victor corn and oat feed 

 from 9 per cent to 7^ per cent ; the Quaker feed from 14 to 12 

 per cent ; Schumacher's stock feed to ii per cent ; American 

 poultry feed to 12 per cent protein ; and Vim oat feed to 5 . 50 per 

 cent protein. The guarantee of the Boss corn and oat feed has 

 been changed to 8^ per cent protein and 3^ per cent fat ; and 

 on Friends oat feed the protein has been dropped from 8 to 7 

 per cent and the fat from 3 to 2 . 75 per cent ; and the Royal oat 

 feed is now guaranteed 6 per cent protein and 2^ per cent fat. 



triangle; CAI.F VttD. 



Analyses page 8^.- 



Chapin & Company's Triangle calf feed is claimed to be made 

 entirely of different prepared grains without drugs or condi- 

 ments, and is intended to be used the same for calves where milk 

 is not available. The sample examined was up to guarantee. 



prot^na dairy fe;e;d. 



Analyses page 86. 



Protena dairy feed continues to run considerably below its 

 guarantee in protein content. Samples examined in Connecticut 

 were found to carry 19 per cent protein. Of two samples exam- 

 ined in New Jersey, one carried 18 and the other 22 per cent 

 protein. 



