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aged a trifle lower in both protein and fat than Chicago Gluten 

 Meal 



Davenport Gluten Feed and the Buffalo Gluten Feed carried 

 the same guarantee, 27.5 per cent protein and 3.3 per cent fat. 

 All the samples fell a little below in protein and were above the 

 guarantee in fat. 



Queen Gluten Feed carried about the same per cent of protein 

 as the other two brands examined but carried a lower guarantee 

 in both protein and fat. It was lower in fat than the others, 

 agreeing quite closely with the guarantee. 



Germ Oil Meal is a corn product which has been offered in the 

 State for two or three years. It does not seem to be as generally 

 distributed this year as last. Its composition is practically the 

 same as last year. It carries nearly 2 per cent less protein than 

 the guarantee. As a source of protein it is about as good as 

 rather poor gluten feed and has less than two-thirds the value of 

 good gluten meal. Only one sample of Sucrene oil meal was 

 found. It carried more of protein and fat than called for by the 

 guarantees. In composition it resembles a good gluten feed. 



LINSEED MEALS. 



Linseed meal is made by grinding flax seed from which the oil 

 has been more or less completely extracted. "Old Process" con- 

 tains more fat and somewhat less protein than "New Process" 

 linseed meal. The Cleveland Flax Meal is a linseed meal from 

 which the fat has been thoroughly removed by extraction with 

 naptha. The naptha is removed by treatment with steam which 

 leaves a coarse flaky product. These goods are guaranteed to 

 carry 37.5 per cent protein and 1 per cent fat. Each sample 

 examined was above the guarantee. 



Two samples of Hunter Bros. Old Process Linseed Meal 

 agreed very closely with the guaranteed protein and carried con- 

 siderably above the guaranteed 6.5 per cent of fat. 



MEAT MEALS AND SCRAPS. 



These were with one exception above the guaranteed percent- 

 ages in protein and fat. Evidently many of the manufacturers 

 place the guarantee sufficiently low so there will be no danger of 

 their goods falling below the guarantees. In compounding 

 rations it will be safer to depend upon the analyses here given 



