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Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
THOMAS P. COOPER, Director
COMMERCIAL FEEDS IN KENTUCKY IN 1940
By J. D. TURNER, STACY B. RANDLE, W. G. TERRELL
· and J. J. ROSE .
CONTENTS
‘ Page T bl 1 A 1 r Page
a e . na yses 0 soy-
LOW-grade feeds '`‘``‘`‘‘‘`''‘'‘ 2 beans grown in Hender-
_ The feeder’s problem ........ 3 Son county ________________________ 11 ;
System of tagging .,..,.,..... 4, 5 Tonnage in 1940 .................. 12
Read me mg .......................... 5 Des feeds ---»—----------------»---·--·- 14
. Table 2. Analyses of dog
Quahty of feeds .................. 7 feeds   15
Better knewledse ef feed- Summary or results or m-
mg Heeded ----------—-----·---»v·- 10 spection and analysis,
Analyses of soybeans ........ 11 1940 ...................................... 20 _
The results of inspection and the analyses of official samples
of commercial feedstuifs sold in Kentucky during 1940 are given
in this bulletin.* The tonnage, estimated from the number of
guaranty tags issued, 350,000 tons, was about the average for
Kentucky in normal years. During the year, 1,452 samples were
analyzed chemically and microscopically and the results reported
in detail with appropriate comment to those concerned. .
The results of analyses as a whole showed that manufac-
turers met their guaranties well and denciencies mostly were of a
minor nature. It must be said, however, that the products of
some manufacturers making low·grade filler feeds and of many I
small mills making wheat feeds are very poor. The records of `
these concerns are given in the summary of results in the latter
part of this bulletin, and the individual concerns violating the
law have been dealt with directly by the Department.
* Acknowledgment is duly made to Robert Mathews and Fred W.
Fitschen, inspectors, for the efficient and painstaking manner in which they
made inspection and took samples for analysis.

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LOW-GRADE FEEDS ‘
Many low-grade feeds are offered for sale in Kentucky. ‘
Because of their competitive nature, these feeds contain the ;
cheapest and trashiest fillers that can be obtained, such as screen-
ings, screenings refuse, weed seeds, hulls, chaff, waste by- l ·
products and highly iibrous materials.
The Feed Control Department tries in several ways to —
_ protect the feeder from the loss that usually 1·esults from buying
and using these low-grade feeds.
First, telling the feeder that filler feeds are usually un- __
economical and are the costliest feeds he can buy. They are un-
economical and costly because of their low productiveness as
compared with high-quality feeds and because of the chance
taken with the health of the animals when such feeds are used.
Second, establishing minimum chemical standards for
straight byproduct feed materials and special-purpose feeds.
The minimum allowed for protein is sufficiently high to assure a
· reasonable amount and, thereby, to indicate a desirable source. ·
The minimum allowed for fat requires the use of materials that
have not been degermed, and excludes excessive fillers of low fat
content. The standard for fiber excludes excessive fillers and
materials of a highly fibrous nature, and assures a high per-
` centage of nitrogen-free extract. These standards were estab- .
lished for the purpose of protecting the feeder by requiring
reasonable percentages of desirable protein and fat and by
excluding or limiting the use of highly fibrous materials or fillers
of various sorts having little or no feed value. The standards are ‘
adjusted from time to time when the need is indicated by experi-
mental evidence.
Third, establishing a system of labeling to mark con-
spicuously certain important differences in the character of _
feeds, thereby making it easier for the purchaser to select feeds
on the basis of their real value. A farmer who buys feeds ·
intelligently must read and be guided by the information on the
state tags or labels. The system of labeling will aid him ‘
materially. (See system of labeling, page 5.)

 COMMERCIAL FEEDS, 1940 3
THE FEEDER’S PROBLEM
A feeder often has to select his feed under varying condi-
tions. The cost of the feed as compared with the market prices
of his produce such as milk, eggs, meat, and wool is an essential
matter to be considered. At the same time he must know what
his animals need and what feeds will supply these needs, if he is ·
to succeed in his livestock enterprise. Publications of the Agri-
cultural Experiment Station and of the Agricultural Extension
Service are helpful in this connection.
. The feeder has several aids to guide him in selecting a feed. »
He should never buy a feed that is 11ot registered and labeled
A with an official guaranty tag. He should read the tag carefully
and base his selection on the information in the guaranty rather
than on the claims made by the salesmen. If a feed is not labeled,
he should refuse to accept it regardless of any claims made for it. _
He can also safeguard himself by buying from reputable A
·· manufacturers who have good 1·eco1·ds and make good, clean
feeds. He should look with suspicion on all yellow—tag feeds, as
such feeds contain fillers of little or no feed value. Such fillers
sometimes contain poisonous weed seeds, fungi, and inert _·
material such as sand and dirt, and may therefore be dangerous.
As a general rule, a feed containing a complex vitamin and
mineral mixture is to be avoided, because a long list of materials
has no particular merit and needed vitamins and minerals
usually can be supplied at lower cost in simple materials.
The Feed Control Department constantly makes check
analyses of feeds sold in Kentucky. The results are summarized ·
and published with other valuable data on feeds and their use,
in bulletins, which are sent free to any one interested. Other C
publications that should be of interest to feeders and are available
to those who desire them, can be obtained from the county agri-
cultural agent or by writing to the College of Agriculture Exten-
sion Service, Lexington. E
Minerals for Livestock. Extension Circular 360
Feeding Dairy Cows. Extension Circular 364
Feeding Laying Hens. Extension Circular 372
Raising Turkeys. Extension Circular 217
Pigsgmfgom Birth to Market in 6 Months. Extension Circular
Lambing Time. Extension Circular 346
Workstock. Extension Circular 306

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Straight Byproducts Tons
Alfalfa meal ..................................,............................,.................... 125
Barley, ground ............................,................................................. 525
Bonomeal ........................................................................................ 200
Brewers dried grains .................................................................. 400 1
Corn byproduct feed .........,......,....................,..,........................... 2,075
Corn feed meal .................................................................,............ 2,425
Corn gluten feed ..............................................1........................... 175
Corn gluten meal ........................................................................ 100
Cornmeal .............................................................,........................., 350
Cottonseed meal ................................,.................,.............,......... 14,100
Cracked corn ........1......................................,.................................. 21,535
Crushed ear corn ..............,...............................,.....................,...., 175
Distillers dried grains ........................................,...........,............. 875 ·
Dried beet pulp ............................................................................ 25
Dried buttermilk ........................................................,................. 50
Fish meal ............,...,..........................................,........................., . 50 _
Hominy feed ......,.....................................................,..................... 18,125
Linseed oilmeal ....................................................,......................... 775
Meat scraps .................................................................................... 300
Meat and bone scraps ..............................................,..............,.... 825
Miscellaneous wheat feeds .............. . .........,.............................. 2,050
Mixed feed (wheat byproduct with small percent corn
bran) ....r...,. . ..................,...............................................,...,.._,. 24,935
Oats, ground .r......................... . .......................,..,......r...,............... 450
Oats, rolled   ...... . ..........,.........,..........................................,........ 125 ·
Soybean oilmeal ..,...........r......,...r.................................................. 11,750

 COMMERCIAL Fssns, 1940 13
Tankage ..............,........»............,.................................._..,................. 2,950
‘ Wheat bran ...............,..............................................................1..... 8,000
Wheat brown middlings or shorts ......................,..................... 17,825
Wheat- flour middlings .................,,...,.................................,....... 1,700
· Wheat gray middlings or shorts .......,.....,.».......,.......,.,..,........... 21,700
Wheat mixed feed ................... . .,...`.........,..............,..............,..... 20,375 .
Wheat red dog flour .,.,.............................,........»....».................... 2,650
Special-purpose Mixed Feeds
Calf meal ......,.............,.,..........,................,.......,......................A........ 940
Dairy feed- V
_ 16% protein ..............................,...,...,...,,...,.... 35,875
20% protein .......................... . ........................ 5,250
24% protein .............................,...................