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Feeding Stuffs — Continued. 



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Brand, Maker and Guaranties. 



Results op Examination. 



Purina Chick Feed. Purina Mills, Branch, 

 Ralston Purina Co., St. Louis, Mo., and 

 Buffalo, N. Y. Composed of wheat, corn, 

 millet, kaffir and milo maize. Contains 

 not more than 4 per cent crude fiber, and 

 not less than 2.5 per cent, fat and 11 per 

 cent protein. (1915 certificate gives 3 per 

 cent, as minimum fat). Registered in 1915 

 and 1916. 



Purina Chicken Chowder Feed with charcoal, 

 not over 1 per cent. Purina Mills, Branch 

 Ralston Purina Co., St. Louis, Mo., and 

 Buffalo, N. Y. Composed of wheat mid- 

 dlings, wheat bran, corn meal, alfalfa meal, 

 linseed meal, granulated meal and not over 

 1 per cent salt. Contains not more than 9 

 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than 4 

 per cent fat and 19 per cent, protein. Not 

 registered in 1915. Registered in 1916. 



Iowa Chick Feed. Purity Oats Co., Daven- 

 port, Iowa. Composed of cracked corn, 

 cracked wheat, cracked kaffir corn or Milo 

 maize, steel cut oats, recleaned wheat 

 screenings and millet. Contains not more 

 than 5 per cent crude fiber, and not less 

 than 3.5 per cent fat and 10 per cent pro- 

 tein. Not registered in 1915. Registered in 

 1916. 



Iowa Scratch Feed. Purity Oats Co., Dav- 

 enport, Iowa. Composed of cracked corn, 

 buckwheat, hulled oats, kaffir corn or milo 

 maize, barley, recleaned wheat screenings 

 and sunflower seed and wheat. Contains 

 not more than 5 per cent crude fiber, and 

 not less than 3.25 pei cent fat and 10 per 

 cent protein. Registered in 1915 and 1916. 



Tom Boy Chick Feed. Purity Oats Co., Dav- 

 enport, Iowa. No certificate filed. Claims 

 on package: Contains not more than 5 

 per cent, crude fiber, and not less than 3 

 per cent fat and 10 per cent protein. Un- 

 registered. 



Tom Boy Scratch Feed. Purity Oats Co., 

 Davenport, Iowa. Composed of cracked 

 corn, cracked wheat, cracked kaffir corn, 

 or milo maize, steel cut oats, recleaned 

 wheat screenings, millet (and grit). Con- 

 tains not more than 5 per cent, crude fiber, 

 and not less than 2.75 per cent fat and 10 

 per cent, protein. (1915 certificate gives 3 

 per cent, as minimum fiber). Registered 

 in 1915 and 1916. 



American Poultry Feed. Quaker Oats Co., 

 Chicago, 111. Composed of hominy feed, 

 cottonseed meal, ground barley, wheat 

 mixed feed and rye shorts. Contains not 

 more than 9 per cent crude fiber, and not 

 less than 3.5 per cent fat and 12 per cent, 

 protein. Registered in 1915 and 1916. 



One official sample. In accord with guar- 

 anty in protein and fat; slightly below 

 maximum guaranty of fiber. Contained 

 many seeds of yellow foxtail, green fox- 

 tail and pigweed. Also some of wild 

 buckwheat and lady's thumb. 



One official sample. In accord with guar- 

 anty. Contained few hulls of wild buck- 

 wheat. 



No dealers' or official samples received. 



No dealers' or official samples received. 



One official sample, 

 anty. 



In accord with guar- 



One official sample. In accord with guar- 

 anty in protein and fat; 2 per cent, below 

 maximum guaranty in fiber. Contained 

 few seeds of mustard, wild buckwheat, 

 yellow foxtail and ragweed. 



No dealers' or official samples received. 



