Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-09-18
Certain Feeding stuffs.

| The Rhode Island Agricultural tx
pertinent Station bulletin No. 112, on
commercial feeding stuffs, contains the
analyses Of such commercial feeding
stuffs as have been sampled during the
autumn of 1905 and the winter and
spring of 1905.
In several cases goods that should be
accompanied by guarantees were found
on sale without them. In every such
case the matter was at once taken up
with the local dealer and with the manu-
facturer, or "importer," and guarantee
tags were supplied in most cases without
delay. Some of these omissions were
through accident and in some cases
through the negligence of the local
been forwarded.
Consumers are again cautioned to be-
ware of ground feeds other than genuine
cornmeal, wheat middlings, bran and
mixtures of the last two, unless they
are guaranteed. The law does not re-
quire that these be sold under guaran-
tee. Consumers are equally cautioned
to read the guarantees, for cottonseed
meal containing only about % to "a per
cent of proteine is guaranteed, as Is also
that containing from 3S to 43 per cent.
Adulterated ''mixed feed" is also on the
market containing only from IL to 1S
per cent proteine, while the genuine
mixed feed, composed of pure wheat
bran and middlings, usually contains
from Is to Is per cent of proteine. Stop,
look and read! 1t will save dollars!
Why farmers who can readily grow or.
buy corn stover and COW hay at low cost
continue to purchase some of the low
grade oat and other feeds which are
little richer in proteine than oat straw
they only can answer.
COTToNsEED NEAL AND FEED.
There has been generally supposed to
be some distinction between cottonseed
"meap' and feed" Good cottonseed
meal for many years has contained,
when pure, from 40 to A per cent OF
proteine, and in some cases even more.
Gradually the st andard has been lower
ed, and it is said that guarantee OF
about SO per cent of proteine is now to
replace all of the higher ones heretofore
used, and that lowering of the grade
of the cottonseed meal is to be brought
about.
Attention has been called repeatedly
to the fact that the mere presence of
guarantee tag attached to lot of feed is
no assurance of high quality, and hence
one should read the guarantees. To
illustrate, sample No. 737 was sold as
cottonseed meal, the guarantee tag was
attached as required by law, and the an
alysis showed that the goods were essen
TALLY equal to the guarantee, yet one
should observe that the material was only
little over half as valuable as another
lot sold with tag in the same manner,
but bearing high guarantee. In the
latter case guarantee of Al per cent OF
proteine was given and the goods were
found actually to contain 43.63 per cent.
Farmer GA" buying the first without
reference to the guarantee at reduc-
ton of dollar or two ton, may have
thought that he was getting good bar
gain; but Farmer "B," who purchased
the latter lot with reference to the
guarantee, and at the full price, made
the better bargain by several dollars a
ton. The station is therefore continual
ly striving to aid the intelligent pur-
chaser by forcing the dealers and manu-
facturers to state what they sell and to
sell what they state.
LINsEED AND GLUTEN NEAL.
The old and new process linseed
meals have usually been found to be
sold honestly, and the five samples re-
ported in this bulletin are no exception
in this particular. The manufacturers
set worthy example to the managers
of the glucose factories.
In the case of some gluten meal and
feed the discrepancies between the
guarantees and the actual composition
have been found to be SO great as to con-
stitute tremendous fraud upon the
farmer. Indeed, they were so great in a
few cases as to seem to render prosecu-
tion the only alternative. 1t was found,
however, that a reorganization of the
business was in progress, owing to the
absorption of all of the factories by one
large interest. 1t now remains to follow
up the matter later in the year, when
extreme measures may be necessitated
unless an improved condition is found.