II Seventeenth Annual Report of the 



markets of this state, h also defines the commodity aiid provides 

 for the issuing of a license for the sale of same by the Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture upon the paymenl of the required fee oJ 

 $25, and for the filing with the Commissioner of Agriculture by 

 the licensee of ;i certain statemenl relative to the said commodity, 

 which shall give the same information and be the same as the 

 statement thai is required to be filed upon the outside of each pack- 

 age or bag containing the said feeding stuff when offered for sale 

 upon the markets, oamely : 



1. The number of pounds in the package. 



2. The name, brand or trade mark. 



3. The name and principal address of the manufacturer or per- 

 son responsible for the placing of the commodity upon the market. 



4. Its composition expressed in the following terms: 



a. The minimum per centum of crude protein. 

 It. The minimum per centum of crude fat. 



c. The maximum percentum of crude fibre, provided that 

 the per centum of crude fibre may be omitted if it dues uol 

 exceed 5 per centum. 



d. If a compounded feed, the name of each ingredient con- 

 tained therein. 



e. If artificially colored, the name of the material used for 

 such purpose. 



It also provides that if the goods are sold in bulk, such printed 

 statement shall accompany every car or lot ; provides that the ( 'one 

 missioner of Agriculture shall take samples of each brand of such 

 feeding stuffs sold or exposed for sale upon the markets of the 

 state during the year and submil same to the New York State 

 Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva for analysis. 



Article 8 provides againsl the sale, adulteration or misbranding 

 of food and food products. This article prohibits the manufac- 

 ture or sale of any article of food which is adulterated or mis- 

 branded within the meaning of the article, and defines the term 

 Mood' to include all articles used for food, confectionery or 

 condiments by man, whether simple, mixed or compound. It 

 also defines adulterated or misbranded food, and in providing 

 againsl the sale ol such goods makes a provision against the sale 



