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J, · subject of feeds and feeding, and is now purchasing his
A feeds on the basis of their actual feeding value.
n The percentage of adulteration is steadily decreasing and
ar a higher class of goods in general is the result. However,
it the unusual demand and the high prices of feeding stuffs
is · during 1912 offered a -great temptation to unscrupulous
ie manufacturers and dealers. It was found also that a num-
1t ber of mixed feeds contained a large per cent of sand.
e Whether the sand was added intentionally or found its way
into these feeds through the use of sweepings and screen-
3- ings, the fact remains that such materials should not be in
gr feeding stuffs in appreciable quantities.
1- On account of the unusual demand and the amount of
feeding stuffs consumed in the State, every section of the
·€ State where feeding stuffs are sold had to be visited con-
1, stantly in order to guard against adulterated, misbranded
,9 and inferior feeds. Special attention has been given to the
F- use of screenings in feeding stuffs and a number of samples
-8 were analyzed. It was found that under the head of "Grain
d Screenings," "Recleaned Miscellaneous Field Seeds" and
VQ "Cleaned Grain Screenings," all sorts of weed seeds were
1] being used in feeds sold in Kentucky. The use of such
,S feeds, high in foreign weed seeds, tends to the introduction
of many undesirable and noxious plants. These weed seeds,
B unless ground up or subjected to high temperature, will
Lt germinate under ordinary conditions and grow, thus stock-
h ing the farms of the State with weeds. Some of the
N molasses feeds and chicken feeds were found to contain
it unusual amounts of these weed seeds. A number of ship-
Q ments of cottonseed meal coming into the State during the
Q year have been of low grade, and this particular class of
goods necessarily had to receive a good deal of attention. A