New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 39 
feeding stuffs, more particularly those of the highly nitrogenous 
kinds, will continue to hold their place in the ration, and for 
this reason it is desirable, even essential, that the purchasers of 
these commodities shall have an intelligent understanding of 
their character and value. 
It is not surprising that the feeding stuff market is an object 
of perplexity, as it appears to be, to the majority of would-be 
buyers. The whole grains as such and as mixed with certain 
waste products, oil meals, the gluten feeds and meals, breakfast 
food wastes, brewer’s wastes and the so-called patent foods, besides 
the combination of a variety of materials, good and poor, under 
the name of “ mixed feeds,” are all urged upon the attention of 
the agricultural public. Such a variety of appearance, composi- 
tion and price must be considered that even the wisest may well 
hesitate before deciding what articles can be chosen most suitably 
and economically for a particular use. 
In view of the situation as thus outlined, and in order to pre- 
sent certain facts which have been gathered relative to the feed- 
ing stuff market in New York, besides paving the way for the 
largest benefit which may accrue from the new feeding stuff law, 
it is deemed wise to issue this bulletin. Many of the facts stated 
are by no means new, and some of the analyses are but a repeti- 
tion of previous results, yet it is felt that the situation justifies | 
the statement of what is to some extent already familiar knowl- 
edge. 
INFORMATION WHICH THE BUYER SHOULD POSSESS. 
The farmer who wishes to buy a feeding stuff to supplement 
his home supply of grains should, first of all, understand the 
general character of any material to which his attention is called, 
v1. @., he should know whether it belongs to the carbohydrate or 
nitrogenous class of feeding-stuffs. 
To the man who is well informed, the trade name is generally 
indicative of composition. It is true, however, that new materials 
are constantly appearing in the market and trade names are some- 
