RECENT AMJ:RICAN WORK ON FEEDING STUFFS. 527 



In that yoar the leg-i.shituie of Ma.s.sachu.setts passed an act autlioiiz- 

 inj^- tlie experiment station to sample and analyze for piotein and fat all 

 concentrated commereial feeding stuffs otiered for sale in the State 

 and to publish the results, "with such additional information as cir- 

 cumstances advise," omitting the names of the johl)ers or local dealers 

 selling the feeding stuffs. The law directs that the samples shall he 

 taken from packages representing not le.ss than 5 per cent of the 

 whole lot inspected, and each sample divided into two equal parts, 

 properly lal)eled, one duplicate to l)e retained l»y the party whose stock 

 is sampled and the other used by the station for analysis. No provi- 

 sion is made by this law for a guaranty of the composition of feeding 

 stuffs and no penalty for selling inferior goods. However, through 

 the influence of the station a consideral)le number of larire manufac- 

 turers and jobbers have been led to place guaranties upon their goods, 

 and intelligent farmers have been aroused to the desirabilitvof buvinsr 

 feeding stuffs onlv on guarantv. 



The same year (ISHT) the State of Maine enacted a law for the 

 inspection of feeding stuffs nuich more comprehensive in its charact<M-, 

 and this law has served as the basis of laws since passed l)y several 

 other States. 



The concentrated feeding stuff's coming within the scope of the 

 Maine law include linseed meals, cotton-seed meals, pea meals, cocoa- 

 nut meals, gluten meals, gluten feeds, maize feeds, starch feeds, sugar 

 feeds, dried ))rewers' grains, malt sprouts, homin}^ feeds, cerealine 

 feeds, rice meals, oat feeds, maize and oat chops, ground beef or fish 

 scraps, mixed feeds, and all other material of similar nature, not 

 including hays and straws, the whole seeds or unmixed meals made 

 directly from the entire grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, 

 buckwheat, and broom corn, or wheat, rye, and buckwheat bran or 

 middlings. 



The concentrated feeding stuffs as defined are required to b(>ar a 

 label stating the number of net pounds in the package, the name or 

 trade-mark of the material, name and address of the manufacturer or 

 shipper, and the percentage of crude protein and of crude fat, as 

 determined l)y the mi>thods adopted at the time by the Association of 

 Official Agricultural Chemists. Before offering a concentrated feeding 

 stuff for sale in the State, the manufacturer or dealer nuist lile with 

 the director of the Maine Experiment Station a certified copy of the 

 label to be used on each l)rand, accompanied, when recpiested, l>y a 

 certified sami)le of the feeding stuff. This is not recjuired of local 

 dealers when the maruifacturer or importer has complied with the 

 laws, otherwise the local dealers are liable. An inspection tax of 10 

 cents per ton is to be paid to the director of tlw Maine Station, who 

 in return furnishes tags to l>e affixed to each package stating that the 

 specified charges have l)eet> paid. The inspection taxes received by 



