COMMERCIAL FEP^DING STUFFS 



Bulletin No. 282 



Andrew J. Patten^ C. F. Barnum, E. F. Berger_, T. E. Friedemann 



AND P. O'MeARA. 



The present feeding stuffs law (Act 91, P. A. 1017) became operative 

 April 1, 1918. As the full text of the act was printed in Bulletin No. 

 279 only the main provisions will be discussed. Copies of the law will 

 be furnished upon request. 



Label. Every lot or parcel of ''commercial feeding stuffs" shall bear 

 on the bags or tags attached thereto a statement certifying. 1st, tlie 

 net weight of the contents of the package, lot, or parcel ; 2nd, the name, 

 brand or trademark; 3rd, the name and principal address of the manu- 

 facturer or person responsible for placing the commodity on the marlcet; 

 4th, the minimum percentage of crude pi'otein, tlie minimum percentage 

 of crude fat and the maximum percentage of crude fibre ; nth, the s])ecific 

 name of each ingredient used in its manufacture. 



Registration. All "commercial feeding stuffs" within the meaning of 

 the act must be registered annually. To make the fiscal year concur- 

 rent with the calendar year the preseut license period was made to 

 terminate December 31, 1918, with a fee of JJlo.OO for each brand regis- 

 tered. After this date the registrations must be made on or before Janu- 

 ary 1st each year or before the feed is placed on sale and the license 

 fee will be |20.00 per brand as in previous years. 



f^am.ples not required. The forwarding of sam^des at the time of ap- 

 plying for license is not necessary except when requested by the adminis- 

 trative officer. 



Registration!^ may he refused or eaneelled. The administrative officer 

 may refuse to license a brand if the name appears to be deceptive or 

 misleading. He also has power to cancel a license if it appears, at any 

 time, that any of the provisions of the law have been violated. 



Materials ecceynpt from license fee. Unmixed whole seeds and grains ; 

 unmixed meals diade directly from the entire grains of corn, wheat, rj^e, 

 barley, oats, buckwheat, flaxseed, kafir and niilo; corn and oats feed 

 made by grinding together the pure grains of corn and oats; wheat, 

 rye and buckwlieat brans or middlings when unmixed with other mater- 

 ials; whole hays, straws, ensilage and corn stover when unmixed witli 

 other materials and all materials containing 60 per cent or more of water. 

 The definitions adopted by the Association of Feed Control Officials 

 will be considered official in Michigan, and it is expected that the manu- 

 facturers will adhere to them as closely as possible. 



