COMMERCIAL FEEDS 



Edited by J. M. Pickel, Feed Chemist. 



In this bulletin are published the analyses of commercial feeds made 

 since the Report of 1912, Bulletin (whole) No. 176, up to July 1913. 

 These analyses are the work of former feed chemist, Mr. G. M. Mac- 

 Xider*, and assistant, the late Mr. N. G. Fetzert. The analyses dis- 

 close the fact that there was comparatively little adulteration and 

 that the feeds, sometimes falling below, oftener rising above guarantee, 

 — were, upon the whole, reasonably in compliance therewith. 



The total number of samples analyzed and reported on here is 319. 

 Of this number 271 were collected throughout the State by the official 

 inspector; the rest, 48, were sent in by millers, dealers and other inter- 

 ested parties. 



Out of 271 guarantees on protein, fat and fiber respectively, 70 were 

 below, 189 above and 12 on a level with the guarantee in protein; 67 

 were below, 203 above and 1 on a level with guarantee in fat; in the 

 case of fiber, 78 were not up to guarantee, 184 were better than guar- 

 antee, and 9 were on a level with the guarantee. As a rule, the varia- 

 tions from guarantee, above or below, are not great, a fraction of a per 

 cent, generally. 



REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE FEED LAW. J 



The following rulings and regulations adopted by the Board of Agri- 

 culture under authority of Section 9 of the State Feed Law gives the 

 chief points of the law with which every manufacturer must comply 

 before offering feeds for sale in this State, also the rulings and defini- 

 tions which have been adopted for the enforcement of the law. 



First. All manufacturers, agents, or dealers who propose to sell or 

 offer for sale any commercial feed in this State must apply to the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture for blank forms on which they will be 

 required to register the name or brand of the feed which they propose 

 to sell, their own names and addresses, and also the places where their 

 goods are manufactured: Provided, if a person desiring to so register 

 is not the actual manufacturer, he may be permitted to register and 

 guarantee the product, using the words "manufactured for and guaran- 

 teed by." They must also give the guaranteed analysis of their goods, 

 stating the minimum percentage of protein and fat which they contain 

 and the maximum percentage of crude fiber. They must also register 

 the various ingredients of which their feeds are composed. 



Second. All feeds must be offered for sale in sacks or packages or 

 uniform capacity, as prescribed in Section 1 of the Act; that is, bags of 

 packages must contain 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, or 200 pounds each. 

 Manufacturers or dealers will be required to furnish the analysis tags 



♦Resigned June 15, 1913. Died July 29, 1913. IReprint from Bulletin of November, 1912. 



