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or isimilar substances, are examples of existing practices against 

 which it is sought to defend the farmer by legal enactment. 



Not only are dishonest practices more or less prevalent in the 

 ■feeding stuffs trade as in every other, but the names popularly 

 applied to commercial cattle foods can not be depended upon as 

 an indication of composition. Much confusion exists in the 

 names applied to the starch and glucdse wastes especially. The 

 claims made for mixed feeds are not always justified by the actual 

 composition of these materials. For these reasons it is essential 

 and right for the consumer to be furnished with reliable infor- 

 mation concerning the substances that he is buying. 



THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAW. 



The following is a summary of the provisions of the concen- 

 trated feeding stuffs law: 



(1) The law defines the term " concentrated commercial feed- 

 ing stuffs." It is made to include linseed meals, cottonseed 

 meals, pea-meals, cocoanut meals, gluten meals, gluten feeds, 

 maize feeds, starch feeds, sugar feeds, dried brewers' grains, malt 

 sprouts, hominy feeds, cerealine feeds, rice meals, oat feeds, com 

 and oat chops, ground beef or fish scraps, mixed feeds and all 

 other materials of similar nature. 



The following materials are excluded from this term: Hays 

 -and straws, and the entire grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, 

 maize (com), buckwheat and broom com, either whole or ground 

 into meal; also bran and middlings from wheat, rye and buck- 

 wheat when sold as such. 



(2) It is required that a statement shall be afSxed to the bags 

 oir other packages in which feeding stuffs are sold, giving the fol- 

 lowing facts: 



Trade name of feeding stuff, 



Name of manufacturer and place of business, 



Place of manufacture. 



Percentage of protein, 



Percentage of fat. 



