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MAINE STATE COLLEGE 



ANALYSES OF CATTLE FOODS. 



Certaiu cattle foods have been sent to the Station for analysis 

 from time to time, the composition of some of which is given 

 below. 



CXXXVI. Linseed Meal, sent by Hon. Z. A. Gilbert. 



CXXXVIL Feed Flour, " " " " " 



GXXXVIII. Flour Sweepings, sent by ¥j. F. Roundy, North 

 Hermon. 



CXXXIX. Flour Sweepings, sent by E. F. Roundy, North 

 Hermon. 



CXXIir. Pratt's Food, sent by A. C. Chandler, New 

 Gloucester. 



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CXXXVI 



Linseed Meal... 



9. OS 



5.60 



39.94 



7.28 



35.27 



2.88 



6.15 



43.94'8.00 



38.77 



3.35 



CXXXVII 



Feed Flour 



7.33 



2.82 



20.81 



1.93 



62.444.68 

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3.04 



22.44 2 08 



67.38 



5.05 



CXXXVIII 



Flour Sweepings 



11.33 



2.50 



10.62 



1.89 



72.031.63 



2.82 



11.98 2.13 



81.23 



1.84 



CXXXVIX 



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8.80 



15.95 



9.19 



1.50 



59.35 5.21 



17.49 



10.071.64 



65.09 



5.71 



CXXIII 



Pratt's Food.... 



12.36 



5.79 



13.75 



5 94 



56.805.36 

 1 



6.00 



15.696.77 



64.83 



6.11 



The above analyses of cattle foods call for no special comment 

 with the exception of Pratt's Food for horses and cattle. There 

 are several weighty reasons why this food should receive careful 

 consideration. 



(1) It is sold at the rate of $120 per ton. 



(2) Its manufacturers claim that it prevents nearly all of the 

 common diseases and disorderes to which farm animals are sub- 

 ject, that it is, besides, a preventive of certain serious contagious 

 diseases, that it produces richer milk and more of it, that animals 

 fatten quickly when it is fed, and that it gives to horses greater 

 power of endurance. 



If the manufacturers of this material have succeeded in com- 

 bining a food that in its relation to disease has such a high pre- 

 ventive and remedial influence, and in its relation to the nutrition 

 of an animal produces the highly valuable results which appear to 

 be claimed by their circulars, they should be classed among the 

 benefactors of the age. It must be confessed, however, that the 



