58 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1916. 



Feeding Stuffs — Continued. 



Brand, Maker and Guaranties. 



Results of Examination. 



Prime Cotton Seed Meal. National Feed Co., 

 St. Louis, Mo. Contains not more than 

 14.5 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than 

 7.5 per cent, fat, and 41 per cent, protein. 

 Not registered in 1915. Registered in 1916. 



Bee Brand Cotton Seed Meal. W. C 

 Nothern, Little Rock, Ark. Made from 

 pressed cotton seed. Contains not more 

 than 10 per cent, crude fiber, and not less 

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

 tein. Registered in 1915 and 1916. 



Butterfly Brand Cotton Seed Meal. W. C 

 Nothern, Little Rock, Ark. Made from 

 pressed cotton seed. Contains not mor'e 

 than 10 per cent, crude fiber, and not less 

 than 6 per cent, fat and 39 per cent, pro- 

 tein. (1915 certificate gives 12 per cent, as 

 maximum fiber.) Registered in 1915 and 

 1910. 



Dairy Brand Cotton Seed Meal. W. C. No 

 thern, Little Rock, Ark. Made from 

 pressed cotton seed. Contains not more 

 than 12 per cent, crude fiber, and not less 

 than 6 per cent, fat and 35 per cent, pro 

 tein. Registered in 1915. Not registered 

 in 1916. 



Baltimore Brand Cotton Seed Meal. W 

 Newton Smith, Baltimore, Md. Contains 

 not more than 10 per cent, crude fiber, and 

 not less than 7 per cent, fat and 38.62 per 

 cent, protein. Registered in 1915. Not 

 registered in 1916. 



Dirigo Brand Cotton Seed Meal. W. Newton 

 Smith, Baltimore, Md. Contains not more 

 than 10^ per cejnt. crude fiber, and not less 

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

 tein. Registered in 1915. Not registered 

 -in 1916. 



Pilgrim Cotton Seed Meal. J. E. Soper Co., 

 Boston, Mass. Contains not more than 10 

 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than 5 

 per cent, fat and 38i per cent, protein. 

 Registered in 1915 and 1916. 



Pioneer Cotton Seed Meal. J. E. Soper Co., 

 Boston, Mass. Contains not more than 10 

 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than 7 

 per cent, fat and 41 per cent, protein. 

 Registered in 1915 and 1916. 



One official sample, practically in accord 

 with guaranty. 



One official sample, up in protein and fat, 

 exceeded the maximum guaranty of fiber 

 by more than 2 per cent. 



No dealer's or official samples received. 



No dealer's or official samples received. 



No dealers' or official samples received. 



One official sample was below guaranty in 

 protein. 



One dealer's sample, up to guaranty in pro- 

 tein. One official sample, 3 per cent, low 

 in protein; nearly 4 per cent, above in 

 fiber; well up in fat. 



Puritan Cotton Seed Meal. J. E. Soper Co., 

 Boston, Mass. Pure cotton seed meal. 

 Contains not more than 16 Der cent, crude 

 fiber, and not less than 5\ per cent, fat and 

 36 per cent, protein. Registered in 1915 

 and 1916. 



Seven of the 12 dealers' samples were up in 

 protein; 1 was § per cent, low in protein; 

 3 were within 2 per cent, of the guaranty; 

 and 1 was more than 3 per cent, below the 

 guaranty of protein. Six of the 15 official 

 samples were up to the guaranteed pro- 

 tein; 5 were within 1 per cent, of the 

 guaranteed protein; 3 within 2 per cent; 

 and 1 more than 2 per cent, below the 

 guaranteed protein. The fibers so far as 

 made, all exceeded the maximum guar- 

 anty. 



No dealers' or official samples received. 



