Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-12-07
FeEplNo sruFFs

GeS no k0oo ofAn any more. lner0 u
certainly . difference In the feeding
value not only Of bran, bat Of seemingly
all animal foods. Dairymen are discov-
ering this discrepancy, which accounts
In measure for the apparently whimsi
cal changing from one food 70 another.
This leads 70 the thought that 10 expert
mentation - q first step the food should
be pure. IL has been found, and 90
published by our National Department
Of Agriculture, that bran varies In pro-
tein from II to 10 per cent, wheat mid
dlings from 10 to 20 per cent, and wheat
screenings from 8 to IL per cent. ltap-
pears from this that there 10 moro meal
where the variation Is greater. Evident
ly the protein 10 mainly In the hull.
And yet many dairy men are best pleased
when they secure bran largely intermix-
ed with meal.
We have just laid In \ bran that is al
most clear Of meal, In the confidence that
It's brown, entire fakes denote absence
Of adulteration and fulness Of the re-
quired protein. We feel that We can
thus police our bran. But, on the other
hand, We cannot 30 readily detect the
feeding quality Of other foods, such IS
costonseed meal, varying from % per
cent even to so per cent 10 protein, nor
new-process linseed meal, varying from
q per cent to IS per cent In protein, nor
gluten meal, ranging from II TO % per
cent. However, Notwithstanding any
amount Of confidence In the quality Of
broad bran, German stations caution
against buying even wheat bran, except
on guarantee OF composition. As
leading to this seemingly extreme pro
lection, In some German localities bran
has been almost totally adulterAted.
Thus, too, with other feeding stuffs, the
Sdulteration including ergot, moulds
and other fungi. The question natural
ly follows, Are American feeding stuffs
adulteratcdy | cannot call TO mind any
tests having been guardedly made, and
yet as q member Of our state board Of
agriculture am In receipt Of many
bulletins Of different states. Perhaps 1
may have overlooked such analysis, or
they may have been made from consign-
ments direct from the mills 10 the sta
tions, and thus pure. But now, under =
Law In Massachusetts, providing for the
analysis OF animal foods rs purchased by
dsirymen, the report comes from It's
stations that In the test OF THIRTY Ave
samples but u percentage OF &c la pro-
tein was found. Prime meal should con-
tain IS per cent. Having no legal pro-
lection in PennsylvAnis, We have shifted
from this 10 that at great cost, until we
find IL safest TO buy broad, apparently
clear bran. True, there Is shifting
toward ceraline--a by-product Of corn.
IL Is the corn hull, aud increases the
dow OF milk, but leads bran In coat 81
aud 81. IL seems singular that We buy
corn when our silos are rich with IL, and
corn again poor In the nitrogenous ele-
ment so requisite In milk production.
Bran being superior to ground wheat rs
food, IL may follow that the corn hull
Is superior to the entire corn, with starch
extracted and protein remaining 10 the
hull.
Tables affording information ss to the
composition Of cerAline are rare, II there
be any. Yet our people hereabout buy
II by the carload, and Ia full confidence
rs 10 its value. Cottonseed and linseed
meal have lost credit with US. Gluten Is
Dough, spsringly. Dried brewers
grains had at one time large patronage.
but they seemed TO deteriorste, and went
out. Our cows would not eat the last
grsius that we purchased. Some are
now talking OF buckwhext middlings, q
novelty In this part. Our station recon-
mends them, aud $. +. Barber, n noted
dsiryman near Harrisburg, uses car
loads. Prime buckwheat middlipgs
reach 81 per cent protein. IL IL claimed
that, coming from individual mills In
country districts, they are not so liable
TO aduiteration. Thus We have CROPPED
along In the dark. Not so, however, a.
10 fertilizer, under the protection Of
our fertilizer law. Our county grange
contracts for carloads under agreement
TO rebate where goods do not come up to
the guaranteed analysis. Every time We
get a rebate. though small. Buying an
honest fertilizer under this Law, strange
to relate, the brand that cost $50 for
merly now costs but s22. Why will not 4
Law TO enforce the sale Of pure animal
foods operate ss fully TO the relief and
advantage Of the farmers xs fertilizer
law: IL seems absurd TO question the
need of such laws. X. DOWNING In
New York Tribune.