44 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



CATTLE FOOD CONTROL. 



Earlj in the session of the Legislature of 1901, the Department 

 prepared a bill for providing for the inspection of cattle foods. The 

 bill required that all packages of concentrated feeding stuffs, manu- 

 factured or sold in this State, shall have alfixed thereto, in a conspic- 

 uous place on the outside thereof, a legible and plainly printed state- 

 ment clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds of feed- 

 ing stuff contained therein; the name, brand or trade mark under 

 which the article is sold; the name and address of the manufacturer 

 or importer, and a statement of the percentage it contains of crude 

 fat and of crude protein. This bill, after being amended in several 

 particulars, was passed and is now on the statute books of the State. 

 The act did not go into effect until October of 1901. Manufacturers 

 and dealers were notified of the passage of such a law and a copy 

 was sent for their information. 



Preparations have been completed for taking samples for analysis 

 after the first of January, 1902. The law requires the labeling of 

 all packages containing linseed meal, cotton seed meal, gluten meal, 

 maize feed, sugar feed, dried brewers' grains, malt sprouts, hominy 

 foods, cerealine feed, rice meal, ground beef or fish scraps and all 

 other materials of a similar nature. No foreign mineral substance, 

 nor substance injurious to the health of animals, shall be mixed with 

 any feeding stuff' sold, or offered or exposed for sale in this State. 

 A bulletin, giving tables showing the composition of feeding stuffs, 

 has been published, accompanied with an explanation of the method 

 of calculation to be pursued. This will aid manufacturers and deal- 

 ers, as well as consumers, in compounding or mixing grains or other 

 concentrated feeding stuffs so as to secure a mixture containing the 

 relative proportions of protein and fat which they wish in a ration, 

 and also enable them to form a proper estimate of the money value of 

 the food. Other States have found laws of this character very benefi- 

 cial and we also may expect similar advantages from the law lately 

 enacted for this State. 



