Regulatory Series, Bulletin No. 14 July, 1937 Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station i I { j UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY * .._. 1 I . I By J. D. TURNER, H. D. SPEARS, W. G. TERRELL and l l L. V. AMBURGEY CONTENTS I p Standards ,,,,.. , ..,.., . ,.,.....,,_,...... . ......... 2 Minerals ................,............................. 16 1iO}J(lSil’(l,llO1`l requirements ............ 4 Special anzllyticill {lata ................ 17 Q Yellow tag; feeds ____._.__,,_____ _, .,____,,_, ,. G Dog feeds ................. .. ....................... 18 , llalanced ration __,,______.._____,,__,._....,. 7 Analyses of dor: feeds .................. 20 5 livaluziting feeds ,,.....,_.............,,..._ 10 Summary of results of in- Y g llominy feeds _,,..,,,,__,,,__,,.____,......___... 15 spection and analysis, 1936 ........ 31 ' . . { t As a result of thc drouth and with the return to more I normal economic conditions, there was marked increase in the I volume of commercial feeds sold in Kentucky during 1936. It is estimated that approximately 350,000 tons were consumed, an · increase over 1935 consumption of more than 125,000 tons, and at an estimated retail cost to the consumer of more than S $15,000,000 The sum paid hy Kentucky feeders for commercial 1 leeds, not including whole grains and hays, compared with the ll. S. Department of Agriculture valuation of livestock in Ken- tucky for 1936, equals 10.3 percent of the total value of livestock _, in the State, including poultry. Tllo heavy demand and high price of feeds created Hlllilll I unscrupulous competition in the business among certain manu- . _ taeturers. Those who adultcratcd and mishrandcd feeds were I re