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ROYAL STOCK FOOD. 
A sample of this feed was furnished by Mr. Geo. Johnson, 
of Geneva, who spoke well of it as a feed for young stock. 
An examination showed it to be mainly a mixture of 
cottonseed meal, corn meal, oat meal, linseed and bean 
meal with some caraway seed, while the agreeable odor was 
indicative of fenugreek, anda test for sodium chloride 
(common salt) showed unmistakably its presence. 
Below are given the analyses. 
Fresh Calculated 
substance. dry. 
DM, WE ics D5 2a in) s hp ig een aches, Riles eo vans 14.00 
EMRMRETE ESERIES earn tate whe sare aga k re nk wy Dayal a 23.38 27.19 
SEL PC Re Oke ee UR CRS, OPA Me 2 ig 8.27 
Mirroven-tree Extract... JT 28) eee yas 45.30 52.66 
RRM UR Ner CX UACE is bah0 | Slph las ross eT eee ohee 2's) etel bia de 4.77 5.55 
REINA cai is\'s ET EA eee Oh be erat id Set A Seay 5.44 6.33 
Per cent of albuminoids digested................ 88.39 
The vendor’s catalogue states that it can be sold in Chi- 
cago at the factory for 26 to 28 dollars per ton. 
Chemically we find it inferior to linseed meal, while its 
digestibility is less than that of the old process linseed meal 
examined, that giving 89.52 per cent as a digestion coeffic- 
ient for the albuminoids. 
MIXED FEEDS. 
There is no doubt but what many feeding products— 
especially waste and by products—can be intimately mixed 
so as to produce a better balanced ration than when fed 
separately or supplementary to other feeds. 
Whether such mixed feeds can be purchased in the mar- 
kets, when made from good material, and for a less cost 
than they can be compounded by the farmer himself may 
be fairly questioned. 
The mixing of aromatic and carminative substances with 
the feed seems by our results to be detrimental and such 
feeds had better be shunned by the farmer. There is good 
reason for thinking the most wholesome material is not 
always used but rather much refuse-stuff—heated and 
mouldy beans, heated corn, chaffy oats, etc.—for which 
there is no other profitable way of disposal. These, com- 
bined with cotton and linseed meal, and some aromatic 
substance, are disposed of in many instances at fabulous 
prices. Dr. Goessmann! calls attention to a so-called con- 
trated feed selling at $8.00 per hundred weight, $160.00 per 
ton, which from a chemical standpoint is little better than 
corn meal. 
1Bulletin No. 20, Mass. Ag. Exp’t Station. 

