Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-26

fat goes onto the ribs OF his cattle and
hogs depends upon the amount of pro-
TEN in the feed. A certain amount OF
waste in the form of hulls and husks
must be fed to the stock as roughage
to carry the portein but the husks and
bulls have no other benefit The in
vestigation made. by the chemists OF
the agricultural college in going onto
the open market and buying stock food
disclosed that .he farmers Of the state
are paying in some cases as high as $14
for food that measured by the protein
contained in it which is the only real
test Of value is worth only about 81.
A chemical analysis backs up every
assertion OF the committee Of the di-
rectors OF the department Of agricul-
ture that is asking for the passage OF
the new bill. One such chemical analy-
sis disclosed that q continental stock
food which is selling on the market for
$14 for 100 pounds is made up of bran
and milling offal as the base and main
ingredient. with common salt, little
pepper, charcoal, chaff, hulls, and
some seeds as the remainder. The
bran was the most valuable ingredient
in the entire compound and 1t is worth
but 81 or so per 100 pounds.
A good deal the same situation tho
not quite so bad is disclosed in the
matter of seeds that are offered on the
market for planting. These seeds it is
claimed are often times. full of noxious
weeds and very frequently the per-
centage OF termination Is very low.
The bill that has been introduced in
the senate provides as the remedy for
both stock food and seeds state in
spection. Every package will be LABEL
ed and must pass Inspection with the
food and dairy commissioner. Before
any food can be sold in the state a
sample must be left with the food and
dairy commissioner with copy of the
label that it is proposed to put on it.
The labels will tell the whole truth and
It will be the business Of the food and
dairy commissioner to see that they do
tell the truth.
One Of the interesting things discov-
cred by the chemical analysis made by
Professor Michael of the agricultural
college at Ames is that seeds Of var
tous kinds that are not recognized by
veterinary practice as being medicine
go to make up the breat bulk of the
continental stock foods that are ex-
plotted as having rare medical proper
ties. In forty-two different stock footls
analysed by Professor Michael, bran,
milling offal, chaff, linseed meal, oil
meal, pine bark, common salt, ground
tNvsA erVSa {va~
corn made up the foundation of the
stock food. The rest is made up all
most WIDELY Of common salt, anise
seed, carroway seed, foenugreek seed,
flax seed, tumerfc, sassifras bark, pop
lar bark, slippery elm bark, gentian,
blood root, powdered charcoal, and pep
per, not one Of which is recognized by
veterinary practice as having any med
zeal value or any particular value as
stock food. When it is understood that
these foods are advertised as being. of
high quality and are sold at from S.
to $14 per 100 pounds, when the only
thing of value In them is worth but 81
to 81 per 100 pounds, the size Of the
swindle the farmers Of Iowa have been
victims OF becomes more apparent.
Furthermore the state college failed
seemingly, to find any of the stock
foods that have q value as food any
thing like the claims and an intelligent
and studious farmer at very much less
cost can mix feed himself that is of
greater value and much less cost than
any Of them.
One stock food advertised extensively
as being of great value was found to
be made Of 81.84 per cent ashes, with
venetian red and lime as the rest.
There us absolutely no protein in it
and hence it is Of no value as food and
of no value as medicine and really In
furious to stock.
Another made by well known stock
food manufacturer has linseed meal as
the basis and common salt, charcoal,
foenugreek and gentian as the balance
of the compound. The linseed meal has
some value as food, but could be had
at very much less cost by buying 1t
at store.
1t might be said IN passing that the
reason for putting in the seeds and
pepper and salt is to give an odor and
taste to the food that will deceive the
farmer into thinking that it has merit
One analysis OF stock food showed
it to be made UP of charcoal as the
main Ingredient and dried blood cop
per sulphate. epson salts, common
salt, oat hulls and other hulls, refuse
stibnite and 64.49 per cent ashes 1t
sells for s6 per 100 pounds and has but
1921 per cent protein. Any farmer
could buy the stun and put it together
for soc or 81 per 100. but there would
be no incentive to do so for the COM
pound is without value. Still another