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to the millers' interests to help restrict the dissemination of noxious 

 weed seeds, and they should remember this when they stop to con- 

 sider whether it pays to include all of the weed seeds in their by- 

 products. Their voluntary action, looking to the best interests 

 of all concerned in this whole problem, is more to be desired than 

 the making and securing the observance of regulations that might 

 be devised to this end. 



THE FEED MANUFACTURER. 



All grain screenings and milling by-products of good feeding value 

 should be utilized in the livestock industry. The proper use of 

 screenings would add much to the quantity, quality and value of 

 the feeding stuffs made available in all the provinces. 



It is believed that the most economical and best solution of 

 the problem is to separate the screenings so far as practicable on 

 the farm where they are produced. The recleaning of grain at terminal 

 elevators and flour mills will, however, continue to yield large 

 quantities of screenings. It is the opportunity of manufacturers 

 of feeding stuffs to make use of this material in supplying the demands 

 of the feeder. 



During recent years the great bulk of the screenings that have 

 accumulated at the terminal elevators have been sold for export 

 at prices much below their actual value as compared with other 

 feeding stuffs, largely because feed manufacturers in Canada had 

 not in their possession information as to proper methods for handling 

 them in a way to give satisfactory results to the feeder 



Unfortunately the blending and manufacture of ground feeding 

 stuffs leave some opportunity for unscrupulous practices on the 

 part of the few who may be disposed to adopt them, not only to 

 their own but to the disadvantage of reliable competitors. The 

 extreme difficulty and cost of destroying the vitality of the black 

 seeds may serve to discourage their use in the preparation of ground 

 feeding stuffs that are required to comply with the grain products 

 standards. 



It need scarcely be added that the livestock industry may be 

 best served by feed manufacturers whose wholesome regard for 

 their own best interests may lead them to provide for the various 

 purposes of feeding, material that is at once wholesome, nutritious 

 and free from vital seeds of dangerous weeds, at a cost that will 

 enable the feeder to sell his final products in competition with those 

 from other districts or countries. It is believed that the valuable 

 portion of the screenings from Canadian grain, which has heretofor 

 been largely lost to Canadian feeders, may be used to good advantage 

 as shown by the results of feeding experiments. 



THE STOCKMAN. 



Buying Screenings. — In purchasing screenings or any meals 

 such as patent meals; mill feeds, such as middlings, shorts and bran; 



