Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-10-01
Low Grade Cotton Seed Meal.

Among the samples of cotton seed
meal collected during the past season by
the New Hampshire state board OF
agriculture and sent to the agricultural
experiment station for analysis, there
were two that need especial mention
because they represent class of goods
which has not been observed before in
this state.
The goods were properly tagged and
bore plainly printed guarantees of pro-
tein and fat as the law requires. The
samples were marked respectively Glen.
wood Brand Cotton Seed Feed, Protein,
22 per cent; Fat, 5 per cent; and Sea
Island Cotton Seed Meal, Protein, 25 per
cent; Fat, 8 per cent. The chemical
analysis showed them to be practically
equal to their claims in each constituent.
Therefore no fault could be found with
them on that score.
The price of these goods was, how
ever, of decided interest, when compar-
ed with that of standard cotton seed
meal. Eight samples of standard meal
contained from 3s to AZ per cent protein
and from 81 to 10.5 per cent of fat.
The retail prices were SLIGO and S1.65
per 100 pounds. The Glenwood and
Sea Island brands retailed for $3.50 per
100 pounds.
Crude fibre was determined in the
Glenwood sample, and was found to be
q per cent. Standard cotton seed meal
varies between and Z per cent for
fibre. 1t is plain that the two brands in
question besides possessing but three
tifths as much protein and fat contain
about three times as much indigeStible
matter as standard meal, while they are
retailed at nine-tenths the price of the
best. Or to put it in another way, when
standard meal containing 80 per cent
protein and 9 per cent fat sold for SLIGO
per 100 pounds, one pound OF those
nutrients cost three and one-third cents,
while in the Glenwood brand, contain
ing % per cent protein and per cent
fat, at 81. so per 100 pounds, pound of
those nutrients cost five and one-half
cents. These low grade materials cost
too much to be economical.
Another sample of cotton seed meal
among those collected in the inspection,
requires notice because it was positive
fraud. 1t bore the tag and guarantee OF
a standard article and was retailed at
the usual price of S1.60 per 100 pounds.
The meal was even poorer than the
Glenwood and Sea Island. The ANALYSIS
revealed 10 per cent protein, 5.5 per cent
fat and % per cent fibre. Since cot
ton seed hulls contain over 40 per
cent fibre, this meal must have had
about two-fifths of its weight made up
of bulls, instead of being pure meal.
They were finely ground and not very
noticeable; but impaired brown color
to the meal, and when portion of it
was placed on the surface of glass OF
water, there was an immediate separa-
ton of the heavier hulls by settling.
The name of the brand is withheld, since
the tag may havebeen changed from a
standard article to the inferior goods,
without the manufacturers or jobber's
knowledge.
These are the first instances for sew
eral years of such marked departures
from the old standards of cotton seed
meal. Since standard meal will prob
ably be even higher this fall and coming
winter than last year, there will be an
effort to push the low grades because OF
the lower price. Buyers of grain should
scrutinize both tags and quality keenly
before completing a purchase, as 1T is
natural to charge all that the market
will bear for an inferior article even II
there is no fraudulent substitution OF
tags or dishonest claims.-Fred w.
Morse in New England Farmer.