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value is found therein, the bulk of the feeds consisting of a filler 
which possesses no medicinal properties whatever. 
3. Exorbitant prices are charged for these feeds, as is natural, 
considering the extensive advertising the manufacturers are doing 
and the liberal commissions which they, pay agents and dealers. 
The large sales of stock feeds are doubtless mainly to be attributed 
to these facts. 
4, By adopting a liberal system of feeding farm animals and 
furnishing a variety of feeds, good results may be obtained without 
resorting to stock feeds of any kind. If a farmer considers it neces- 
sary to give stock feeds at times, he can purchase the ingredients 
at a drug store and make his own at a fraction of the cost charged 
for them by the manufacturers. 
The preceding conclusions may be said to give the case against 
the condimental stock feeds. It is only fair to state, as the other 
side of the case, that the suggestions for better care and feeding of 
stock which have come from the advertising matter issued by stock 
feed manufacturers, or from their agents, have doubtless been of 
value to many farmers and have been productive of results. As 
many people are not disposed to heed advice that is given without 
cost, it may be that indirectly the money spent for condimental 
stock feeds has not in some cases been wholly wasted: 
QUESTIONS 
. What is a proprietary feed, and to what extent is it wise to use such a 
feed? 
. Name three miscellaneous feeds of minor importance for feeding stock. 
. State how and for what class of farm animals each is used. 
. What is a condimental stock feed? 
State the main conclusions to which experiments with these materials 
have led. 
. Is it necessary to feed condimental stock feeds to farm animals? If not, 
what would you use in their place? 
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