136 MAINE STATE COLLEGE. 



"English Patent Food." Cost $1.00 for a bag- of 12 pounds. 

 "Appears to be made up of middlings and corn meal, largely mid- 

 dlings. . . ." Contains "some fenugreek." 



From Bulletin No. 20. Mass. Expt. Sta., p. 6. 

 "The Concentrated Feed." Cost $8.00 per 100 pounds. "... A 

 mixture of several ingredients, among them was noticeable common 

 salt." 



From Rep. Conn. Expt. Sta. 1888, p. 146. 



"The Concentrated Feed for Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, 

 etc." "Apparently consists of a mixture of wheat and corn with 

 thirteen per cent, of salt and perhaps a little of some more con- 

 centrated food." "Costs $100 per ton in three ton lots, .... $160 

 per ton in small quantities." 



"The Concentrated Egg Producer." Cost $4.00 for 12 pounds, 

 equivalent to $660 per ton. Contains both corn and wheat and some 

 more concentrated food." 



From Bulletin 15, N. H. Expt. Sta. 



"Pratt's Food." Cost 75 cents for 12 pounds or $6.00 per 100 

 pounds. The food appears to be wheat middlings to which has 

 been added some fenugreek and common salt." 



"Weston's Condition Powder." Cost 50 cents for package of three 

 pounds. "It resembled a mixture of corn meal and cotton seed meal 

 and it had a saline taste and strong odor of fenugreek." 



"Climax Food." Cost $1.00 per 12 pounds or $8.00 per 100 pounds. 

 "It resembled a mixture of fine wheat middlings and wheat screen- 

 ings together with a small quantity of caraway or fenugreek seeds 

 and small bits of a substance like butter-nut or elm bark," also 

 common salt 9.77 per cent., Glauber's salt, 4.50 per cent., and Chili 

 Saltpeter 3.84 per cent. 



From Eep. Maine Exp. Sta., 1892, p. 26. 

 "Pratt's Food." Cost $120 per ton. "Has the appearance of 

 being chiefly ground bran or shorts. Contains a small amount 

 fenugreek." .... "Contains something less than three per cent, of 

 common salt." 



From Eep. Conn. Expt. Sta. 1893, p. 244. 



"Xutriotone." "It contains a considerable quantity of some 

 leguminous seed, some linseed meal and perhaps other feeding stuffs 

 together with aromatic substances (fentigreek, anise seed, caraway 

 and the like,) and over ten per cent, of salt." 



"Silver Live Stock Powder." Cost $1.00 oer pound. "Consists 

 essentially of ground bone having a dark color and slight odor of 

 coal tar." 



