Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-02-03
HOW TO SELECT
 FEED FOR STOCK
Commissioner Sloan Tells What Con. stitutes Good Feed, and How to De-
 eide Kind That is Needed.

(By Clay Sloan, Commissioner of Az riculture.)
 The feeding stuff law enacted by the last legislature does not emNower the commissioner of mines, manufac- lures and agriculture to prohibit the sale of adulterated feeds of low feed ing value. It requires the manufac- turer of feeds, however, to state on the tag the guaranteed analysis of the principal substances of feeding value which the feed contains and 1t also re- quires in cases of mixed feeds, to state under the heading of ingredients. each substance that is in the mixture The purchaser, therefore, must be ol the lookout for inferior products and should carefully study the guaran- teed analysis and the statement of the ingredients before purchashing feed, To assist the purchaser in the selec- tion of his feed from the guaranteed analysis is the object of this letter In selecting a feed the purchaser should decide in the first place the kind of feed he requires. If you have on hand considerable corn, roughagt | (native hay, corn stover), molasses, 1t | would be waste of money to pur- chase feed rich in carbohydrates or
 containing a large amount of fibre. | Under these conditions you should se- cure feed rich in protein Before
 selecting the feed rich in protein, we
 must determine what kind of stock it
 is to be fed to, if to milk COWS, or for l fattening stock or to work horses. If for milk cows it would be best to l select either cotton seed meal, wheat, rice bran or corn bran or shorts and middlings. Cotton seed meal carries l on an average, from 30 to 50 per ceat of protein, from to 12 per cent of fat. from 23 to 2S percent of carbohy- drates, and from 5.6 to 10 per cent of
 crude fibre. In selecting the differen; cotton meals and cotton seed meal and hull mixtures on the market, l l would select, if of the same price, the
 one containing the highest amount O l protein and the least amount of fibre. 1 For example: One cotton seed meal shows on the tag giving it's guaran- teed analysis, protein, 36 per cent; fat 8 per cent; fibre, 12 per cent; carbn-
 hydrates, "A per cent; and anothe'
 protein, 423 per cent; fat, 13 per
 from 23 to 2S per cent of carbohy-
 drates, 23 per cent, and there was 9 difference in the price of the two of Sz Il per ton, I would select the one con
 taining the highest amount of protein
 (42.3 per cent) and the least amour
 of fibre (5.6 per cent), although 1t:
 price was higher.
 In selecting from the different
 wheat brans of about the same price
 I would choose the one containing the
 highest amount of protein andt the least amount of fibre. A good wheat
 bran should contain at least per
 cent of protein and no more than z
 per cent of fibre. The less fitre and the more protein, the richer the bran.
 The same remarks apply to corn and
 rice bran.
 A good corn bran should contain at least 12 per cent of protein and nc
 more than 9yS5 per cent of fibre.
 | A good rice polish should contain
 ait least 11.5 per cent of protein and |1eo more than z per cent of fibre. A good rice bran should contain at ! least 12 per cent of protein and no more than 9.S05 per cent of fibre
 A good shorts and middling should [ contain no less than 14.S per cent O.
 protein and in the case of shorts, nc
 more than 7.5 per cent of fibre, and in the case of middlings, no moro
 than per cent of fibre.
 If the feed is required for work stock. corn chops, corn bran and corn f and oat feeds and feed meals should be selected. In buying them alway'
 buy the one containing the largest
 amount of protein and the least
 amount amount of fibre, particularly if yor.
 have plenty of roughness on hand an'
 your work stock has ample time tc eat the same. A good corn choos
 should contain at least s.5 to 3 per cent of protein and no more than 7 per cent of fibre. Whenever ~tpe ! amount of fibre in corn chops E
 stated above 2.5 per cent you ma
 be sure that 1t contains lars1 amount of cot, which has very lovl | if any feeding value
 Remember that the selling price oi| a. feed is no indication of it's suitabil | ity to your needs nor that in buyins| the cheapest feed, you are saying{| money In fact, if you buy a feeeA ! ...r < ,,rCtoi, and high in fibre he