New YorkK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 389 
Bepprietary Mmixed:.200dS:......ccceses $17.50 to $24.00 per ton. 
OTe ote ar ele ajse 2 in a's, val oare gralereibls 2400/0) 25.00%“ 
RUE TVSFLE Beli fers at ila sha! a ccie o/sie e's siete's Coss 20.00to 22.00 “ 
REY MCS eet tee lok ean (cies avai ey aie: ais g's, 048 L250 topo OG a8 
Sugar corn feed (corn bran mostly).... 17.00to 18.00 “ 
MRMEUMBRTTNICCUILO cae nee oie sie 0. c atadednielaefeiecciese ¢ 15.00 
Dem ere AU OLA IS ial. eas specie tieys,« es ee « 20.00 or less. 
These figures show conclusively that the proprietary mixcd 
goods containing 20 per ct. and upward of oat hulls are bought 
at a loss of generally not less than $5 per ton and doubtless 
often more. If farmers foolishly think that it is desirable to 
have in the grain mixture some fibrous material like oat hulls, 
let them hire someone to grind up their straw stacks or the 
mows of poor hay and mix the good grain with these. It is 
pitiful to see farmers of limited means paying grain prices for 
an ingredient in certain commercial cattle foods which is worth 
no more than the poorest coarse fodders around the barn. Such 
costly business management seems to be the fruit of either wil- . 
ful ignorance or a lazy indifference. 
The manufacturer who uses oat hulls in such a way as to 
deceive his customers is simply dishonest. 
One of the most glaring impositions discovered is the case of 
sample 246, representing an “ oat feed ” found on sale at Homer. 
The oat feed (?) contained only 1.7 per ct. of protein and over 
30 per ct. of fibre. It was nothing but oat hulls. The selling 
price was $15 per ton! Comment is unnecessary. 
The wise course for farmers to pursue is to purchase either 
standard by-product feeding stuffs or the entire grains, such as 
corn and oats, whole or ground. At $1 per hundred for corn 
meal and 40 cents per bushel for oats, a mixture of equal parts 
by weight’of these two grains can be secured at no greater price 
than what is asked for certain oat feeds. If hominy feed is 
used in place of the corn meal the cost would be lessened. 
