COMMERCIAL FEEDS 



By G. M. MacNIDER, Feed Chemist and Microscopist, 



assisted by 



E. W. THORNTON, Assistant Chemist. 



Since the publication of the last Report on Commercial Feeds, 581 

 samples have been analyzed. 



The number of samples of each class of feed are as follows: 



Wheat bran and mixed brans 64 



Middlings or shorts 97 



Bran and shorts 12 



Shipstuff 37 



Rye feeds 3 



Corn chops and corn and oat feeds 15 



Rice Feeds 15 



Molasses feeds 24 



Alfalfa feeds 87 



Beet pulp 6 



Cotton-seed feeds 20 



Gluten feeds 4 



Cracked corn 28 



Special mixed feeds 33 



Poultry feeds 84 



Miscellaneous mixed feeds 52 



581 

 REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE FEED LAW. 



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 regi^er 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 of 

 uniform capacity, as prescribed in section 1 of the act ; that is, bags or 

 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 

 which must be attached to these sacks or packages. On these tags must 



