The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
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from corn, beer from barley, and -four
from wheat, rye and buckWbeat. Al
of these feeds, which include cotton
seed meal, linseed meal, dried brewers
grains, the gluten meals and feeds,
and the various kinds Of bran and
middlings, are very much richer IN the
compound protein than the original
seeds or grains, because the substance
extracted from them consists Of fat or
oil In the case Of the first two, and Of
starch or products rich in starch, IN
the case Of the others, thus proper
tionately increasing the protein con
tanned in the residues. For this reason,
all Of these products have been found
to serve an excellent purpose in the
building up Of rations; they are gen
orally palatable and healthful, and if
judiciously used, do not contribute any
undesirable qualities to the produc s.
beef or milk; besides, they possess the
further advantage in that in many
cases the cCsj Of the ration is reduced
by their use. Their intelligent pur
chase and economical use, however, re
quire that the purchaser shall possess
a definite knowledge Of their compost
tion-that ia, he should know, fist,
not only how much protein and fat the
genuine products, cotton seed meal,
linseed meal, gluten meal, gluten feed.
bran, middlings, contain, but also
whether there is a reasonable uniform
ity or a wide variation in respect to
these compounds in the composition of
the products Of the same kind Or name
obtained from the different manufGc-
turers or dealers; and secondly, whether
any Of them are liable to be reduced IL
value by the edition Of cheaper SUD
stances as adulterants, or those which
are directly or indirectly injurious; ana
thirdly, whether at prevailing prices
any one class or group Of these feeds
will furnish the actual digestible nurri
ents more cheaply than another.
Inspections and special studies, to
gether with such examinations as have
been made of particular Individual
feeds, have not revealed any direct st
tempts at adulteration in the Gease
that substances were added in order to
change the character OF the product,
though in two cases cotton seed meal,
from which the bulls had not been r.
moved (lndecorticated), though still
cotton seed meal, was sold at practic
ally the same price as the genuine cot
ton seen meal (iecorticated), from
which the bulls had been removed aud
In one case q product was sold as pea
nut meal which contained a much
higher percentage Of hull than the
genuine peanut meal. These feeds,
while not adulterated in the strict
sense, were in effect practically a-ul
terated, since the consumer was de-
ceived as to their food value, and in
the case of the peanut meal is feed
ing resulted in the serious illness OF the
animals, as we'll as q considerable lose
in their product. Not iths sandlDg
the fact that the feeds, as a rule, are
what they are claimed to be, neverGhe-
less, because of the considerable varia-
ton in the content Of protein in the
various products, and because there
are a number of feeds under the same
name, as, for example, gluten meal,
which do not show the came content
of protein, there is danger that the
purchaser will not always obtain that
which he expects to obtain, unless he
is wellinformed as to the possible varia
tions and as to the character of the
feeds under the same general brand
name.
OF the different feeds, but one ia
accompanied by a guarantee as to Tia
percentage of protein and fat. In the
State Of Maine the law nog requires
that every manufacturer or person ex
posing for sale feeds consisting OF mall
refuse or residues and mixed feeds, ia
required to afix a guarantee as to the
content of protein and fat, In Massachu
sets, a feed inspection law is also 70 c.,
though no guarantees are required. A
guarantee is important from two stand
points-frst, as a protection against
.Rdulterated products, or those like un
decorticated cotton seed msRl, which
are virtually adulterated by the pres
ence Of the hulIs, and second, as a
guide to the composition of products
like the various gluten meals and feeds,
in which thCss OF diff 9rent manufac-
turers vary In their composition,
though of the same factory may be
reasonably uniform. Another import
ant point in the purchase OF feeds, as
ALREADY indIoaro5 10 RI saIoat the,