OFFICIAL INSPECTIONS 79. 



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Table showing registrations of feeding staffs and results of 

 examination of samples. 



COTTON SEED MEALS. 



Brand, Maker and Guaranties. 



Results op Examination. 



Dove Brand Prime Cotton Seed Meal. F. 

 W. Brode & Co., Memphis, Tenn. Cotton 

 seed. Contains not more than 10 per cent, 

 crude fiber, and not less than 6 per cent, fat 

 and 38.63 per cent, protein. Registered in 

 1915 and 1916. 



Owl Brand Cotton Seed Meal. F. W. Brode 

 & Co., Memphis, Tenn. Cotton seed. 

 Contains not more than 10 per cent, crude 

 fiber, and not less than 6 per cent, fat and 

 41 per cent, protein. Registered in 1915 

 and 1916. 



'Buckeye" Prime Cotton Seed Meal. Buck- 

 eye Cotton Oil Co., Cincinnati, O. Manu- 

 factured from cotton seed only. Contains 

 not more than 12 per cent, crude fiber, and 

 not less than 6 per cent, fat and 38.62 per 

 cent, protein. Registered in 1915 and 1916. 



"Buckeye" Prime Cotton Seed Meal (41%). 

 Buckeye Cotton Oil Co., Cincinnati, O. 

 Manufactured from cotton seed only. 

 Contains not more than 10 per cent, crude 

 fiber, and not less than 6.5 per cent, fat 

 and 41 per cent, protein. Registered in 

 1915. Not registered in 1916. 



Single Hump Camel Brand. C. L. Camp- 

 bell & Co., Little Rock, Ark. Cotton seed 

 meal with such portion of the fibre or hull 

 and oil as may be left in the ordinary course 

 of manufacture. Contains not more than 

 12 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than 6 

 per cent, fat and 38.5 per cent, protein. 

 Not registered in 1915. Registered in 1916. 



Good Luck Brand Cotton Seed Meal. S. P. 

 Davis, Little Rock, Ark. Made from de- 

 corticated cottan seed. Contains not more 

 than 9 per cent, crude fiber, and not less 

 than 6 per cent, fat and 41 per cent pro- 

 tein. (1915 certificate gives 7 per cent, as 

 minimum fat.) Registered in 1915 and 

 1916. 



Veribest Brand Cotton Seed Meal. S. P. 

 Davis, Little Rock, Ark. Made from de- 

 corticated cotton seed. Contains not more 

 than 10 per cent, crude fiber, and not less 

 than 6 per cent, fat and 38.5 per cent, pro- 

 tein. (1915 certificate gives 12 per cent, as 

 maximum fiber.) Registered in 1915 and 

 1916. 



The three dealers' samples were all mate- 

 rially below in protein. Five of the six 

 official samples were seriously below in 

 protein, and seriously high in fiber. The 

 other official sample was practically up 

 to guaranty in protein. 



Of thirty-two dealers' samples six were up 

 to and above the minimum guaranty of 

 protein; nine were within 1 per cent, of 

 the guaranteed protein; ten were within 

 2 per cent, of the guaranteed protein; 

 and seven were from 3 to 4 per cent, be- 

 low the guaranteed protein. Of the 29 

 official samples, 7 were up to or above the 

 minimum protein ; 6 samples were within 

 1 per cent, of the claimed protein; 7 

 samples were within 2 per cent, of the 

 claimed protein; and 5 samples were 4 

 per cent, or more below the claimed pro- 

 tein. All of the samples low in protein 

 way overran in crude fiber. 



The four dealers' samples all exceeded the 

 guaranty for protein. Nine of the 1 1 offi- 

 cial sampleswere up to or above the mini- 

 mum protein; 2 of the samples were 

 about 2 per cent, below the minimum 

 protein. One of these low samples over- 

 ran the maximum guaranty of fiber. This 

 was the Buckeye Prime with a guaranty 

 of 38.62 per cent, of protein. 



No dealers' or official samples received. 



No dealers' or official samples received. 



Of the four official samples, 2 were well 

 above the minimum guaranty of protein, 

 and these exceeded in the maximum guar- 

 anty of fiber; the 2 other samples were 

 within 1 per cent, of the minimum guar- 

 anty of protein. 



Three of the dealers' samples slightly over- 

 ran the guaranty in protein, and one was 

 about 2 per cent, short. The one official 

 sample was up in protein and fat and did 

 not exceed in fiber. 



