128 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I916. 



Feeding Stuffs — Continued. 



Brand, Maker and Guaranties. 



Results of Examination. 



Red Ribbon Chick Feed. Park & Pollard 

 Co., Boston, Mass. Cracked: corn, wheat 

 oats, kaffir com, milo and whole millet 

 seed. Contains not more than 5 per cent, 

 crude fiber, and not less than 2 per cent 

 fat and 10 per cent protein. (1915 certifi- 

 cate gives 3i per cent as minimum fat). 

 Registered in 1915 and 1916. 



Red Ribbon Scratch Feed. Park & Pollard 

 Co., Boston, Mass. Composed of cracked 

 corn, wheat, buckwheat, barley, oats, 

 kaffir corn, milo and sunflower seed. Con- 

 tains more than 5 per cent crude fiber, and 

 not less than 14 per cent, fat and 10 per 

 cent, protein. (1915 certificate gives 3; 

 per cent, as minimum fat). Registered in 

 1915 and 1916. 



Screened Scratch Feed. Park & Pollard Co., 

 Boston, Mass. Composed of cracked corn, 

 wheat, buckwheat, barley, oats, kaffir corn, 

 milo and sunflower seed. Contains not 

 more than 5 per cent, crude fiber, and not 

 less than 14 per cent fat and 10 per cent 

 protein. (1915 certificate gives 3| per 

 cent, as minimum fat). Registered in 1915 

 and 1916. 



Cornish Dry Mash. Pendexter Bros., Cor- 

 nish, Me. Composed of wheat bran, corn 

 meal, beef scraps, linseed meal, gluten, 

 alfalfa, oat feed, wheat, middlings, char- 

 coal and salt. On 1915 certificate: Con- 

 tains not more than 9 per cent, crude fiber, 

 and not less than 4 J per cent, fat and 16 

 per cent protein. On 1916 certificate: 

 Contains not more than Si per cent, crude 

 fiber, and not less than 4 1 per cent fat and 

 16 per cent, protein. Registered in 1915 

 and 1916. 



Cornish Growing Feed for Chickens. Pen- 

 dexter Bros., Cornish, Me. Composed of 

 wheat bran, corn meal, meat meal, linseed 

 meai.gluten, ground oats, charcoal and salt. 

 Contains not more than 7 per cent crude 

 fiber, and not less than 5 per cent fat and 

 19 per cent protein. Not registered in 1915. 

 Registered in 1916. 



Pllco All Grain Scratch Feed. Pilliod Mill- 

 ing Co., Swanton, O. Composed of 

 cracked corn, wheat, oats, barley, buck- 

 wheat, rye and wheat screenings. Con- 

 tains not more than 4 per cent crude fiber, 

 and not less than 4 per cent, fat and 9 per 

 cent protein. Registered in 1915. Not 

 registered in 1916. 



Champion Egg Mash. Arthur E. Pratt Co., 

 (Registered by Eastern Grain Company, 

 Portland, Maine). Composed of high 

 grade beef scraps, corn meal, gluten feed, 

 wheat middlings, wheat bran, linseed oil 

 meal and Hen-E-Ta (composed of phos- 

 phorous, silica, lime and soda). Contains 

 not more than 4 per cent.crude fiber, and 

 not less than 3.03 per cent fat and 13 per 

 cent protein. Not registered in 1915. Reg 

 istered in 1916. 



Two official samples. In accord with guar- 

 anty in protein and fat; more than 2 per 

 cent below maximum guaranty of fiber. 

 Contained very many seeds of yel- 

 low foxtail (probably as many as 2 per 

 cent.). Many of wild buckwheat, green 

 foxtail and pigweed. A few of mustard, 

 rough pigweed, ragweed, cow herb, hairy 

 stick weed and false flax. 



One official sample. In accord with guar- 

 anty in protein and fat; slightly below 

 maximum guaranty of fiber. Contained 

 few seeds of mustard, ragweed, wild 

 buckwheat, corn cockle, yellow foxtail, 

 lady's thumb, pigweed, false flax and 

 giant ragweed. 



One official sample. In accord with guar- 

 anty in protein and fat; considerably be- 

 low maximum guaranty of fiber. Con- 

 tained some seeds of corn cockle; a few 

 of ragweed, mustard, yellow foxtail, 

 lady's thumb and wild buckwheat. 



No official sample. Sample received from 

 the manufacturers well within guaranty. 



No official sample. Sample received from 

 the manufacturers well within guaranty. 



No dealers' or official samples received. 



Two official samples. Slightly above guar- 

 anty in protein and fat; more than 1 

 per cent, above maximum guaranty of 

 fiber. Contained few hulls of wild buck- 

 wheat and corn cockle. 



