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in person or by deputy, to take samples not exceeding two pounds in 

 weiglit from any lot or package of concentrated commercial feed 

 stuff, used for feeding any kind of farm live stock, which may be in 

 the possession of any manufacturer, importer, agent or dealer, cause 

 the eame to be analyzed for the amount of crude protein and crude fat 

 contained therein, as well as for other ingredients if thought ad- 

 visable, and cause the results of the analyses to be published from 

 time to time in specially prepared bulletins, with such additional in- 

 formation as circumstances advise: Provided, however. That in pub- 

 lishing the results of the analyses the names of the jobbers or local 

 dealers selling the said feed stuffs shall not be used, but the com- 

 modity analyzed shall be identified and described by the name of the 

 manufacturer and the commercial name or designation by which it 

 is known in the trade. 



Section 2. Whenever requested said samples shall be taken in the 

 presence of the party or parties in interest or their representatives 

 and shall in all cases be taken from a parcel or number of packages 

 which shall not be less than five per cent, of the whole lot inspected, 

 shall be thoroughly mixed and then divided into two equal samples 

 and put in glass vessels and carefully sealed, and a label placed on 

 each vessel stating the name or brand of the feed stuff or material 

 sampled, the name of the manufacturer when possible, the name of 

 the party from whose stock the sample was taken, and the time and 

 place of taking; said label shall be signed by the Director, or his 

 deputy, and by the party or parties in interest or their representa- 

 tives, if present at the taking and sealing of the samples. One of 

 said duplicate samples shall be retained by the Director and the 

 other by the party whose stock was sampled. 



Section 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of July in the 

 year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. (Approved March 5, 1897.) 



New Jersey. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 

 of New Jersey: 



1. Every lot or parcel of concentrated commercial feeding stuff 

 as defined in section two of this act, used for feeding domestic ani- 

 mals, sold, offered or exposed for sale within this State, shall have 

 affixed thereto, in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof a legible 

 and plainly printed statement, clearly and truly certifying the num- 

 ber of net pounds of feeding stuff contained therein, the name, brand 



