. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Si^'^^U BULLETIN No. 378 Joint Contribution from the Bureau of Chemistry, CARL L. ALSBERG, Chief, and the Bureau of Animal Industry, A. D. MELVIN, Chief. Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER August 22,1916 FISH MEAL: ITS USE AS A STOCK AND POULTRY FOOD. By F. C. Webee, Chemist in Charge, Animal Physiological Chemical Lalioratory, Bureau of Chemistry, CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 1 Review of literature 3 Composition and qualities of fish meal 9 Feeding experiments 11 General methods for the manufac- ture of fish meal 16
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Si^'^^U BULLETIN No. 378 Joint Contribution from the Bureau of Chemistry, CARL L. ALSBERG, Chief, and the Bureau of Animal Industry, A. D. MELVIN, Chief. Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER August 22,1916 FISH MEAL: ITS USE AS A STOCK AND POULTRY FOOD. By F. C. Webee, Chemist in Charge, Animal Physiological Chemical Lalioratory, Bureau of Chemistry, CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 1 Review of literature 3 Composition and qualities of fish meal 9 Feeding experiments 11 General methods for the manufac- ture of fish meal 16 Page; Opinions of the trade In regard to feeding fish meal 18 Raw material available for fish meal 19 General conclusions 20 INTRODUCTION. The use of fish meal in this country at the present time for feeding purposes is so limited that it may be said that in commercial quan- tities it^has scarcely begun to be marketed. The Connecticut Agri- cultural Experiment Station ^ in its report on feeding stuffs for the year 1914 gives the results of examination of one commercial brand sold by an eastern firm. Fish meal is used by another eastern firm as the protein basis of a poultry food. It has been prepared for some time OR the Pacific coast, and there are several brands already on the market from that region. One of these products is made of a mixture of fish meal and meat meal. As commercial by-products fish and the waste residue from fish have always in this country been converted into so-called " scrap " or " pomace" for use as a fertilizer ingre- dient. An entire industry, the fish-scrap fertilizer industry along the Atlantic coast, has grown up, in which a single species of fish, the menhaden, is used as a source of raw material. In the early days 1 Conn. Agr. Exp. Sta. Rpt. 1914, pt. 4, p. 221. Note.—The object of this publication is to set forth the value of fish meal as a food for domestic animals, in order to stimulate its more general use as a supplem
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