Nc. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



651 



Pennsylvania. 



AN ACT 



Regulating the sale of concentrated commercial feed- 

 ing stulTs, deliniug concentrated feeding stuffs, pro- 

 hibiting their adulteration, providing for the collec- 

 tion of samples, the expenses of the enforcement of 

 the law, and fixing penalties for ite violation. 



Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That every lot or parcel 

 of any concentrated commercial feeding stuff, as de- 

 fined in section two of this act, used for feeding do- 

 mestic animals, sold, offered or exposed for sale within 

 this State, shall have aflfixed thereto, in a conspicuous 

 place on the outside thereof, a legible and plainly print- 

 ed statement clearly and truly certifying the number 

 of net pounds of feeding stuff contained therein; the 

 name, brand or trade mark under which the article is 

 sold; the name and address of the manufacturer or im- 

 porter, and a statement of the percentage it contains 

 of crude fat and of crude protein, both constituents to 

 be determined by the methods adopted at the time by 

 the Association of Oflicial Agricultural Chemists of 

 the United States. Whenever any concentrated com- 

 mercial feeding stuff is sold at retail, in bulk, or in 

 sacks belonging to the purchaser, the agent or dealer, 

 upon request of the purchaser, shall furnish to him the 

 certified statement named in this section. 



Section 2. The term "concentrated commercial feed- 

 ing stuffs," as used in this act, shall include linseed 

 meals, cotton seed meals, gluten meals, maize feeds, 

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

 sprouts, hominy foods, cerealine feeds, rice meals, 

 ground beef or fish scraps, and all other materials of 

 similar nature, but shall not include hays and straws, 

 the grinding together of pure whole grains, nor the un- 

 mixed meals made directly from the entire grains of 

 wheat, rye, barley, oats, Indian corn, buckwheat or 

 broom corn; neither shall it include wheat, rye or 

 buckw'heat bran, or middlings not mixed with other 

 substances, and sold separately as distinct articles of 

 commerce. 



Section 3. No foreign mineral substance, nor sub- 

 stance injurious to the health of domestic animals, 

 shall be mixed with any feeding stuff sold, or offered, 

 or exposed for sale in this State. 



statement t-ertlfy- 

 liig weight of ma- 

 terial, the name 

 or trade mark, 

 etc. 



When statement 

 Is to be furnished 

 the purchaser. 



"Concentrated 

 commercial feed- 

 ing stuffs" de- 

 fined. 



Injurious sub- 

 stances shall not 

 be used. 



