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(o) To teach the (.lairyiiu n and farmers the best way to combine 

 their home-grown feeds with those they are compelled to buy to get 

 the greatest benefit from I he amount consumed. 



(4) To stimulate a desire on the pai-t of consumers for better 



feeds. 



Standards Adopted. 



As the present law requires that every bag must have a guar- 

 anteed analysis attached, and gives the Ue])artment the right to 

 adopt standards for the different feeds, the following standards have 

 been adopted. For Pure Wheat Bran, Pure Wheat Shorts, and Pure 

 Wheat Bran and Slidi-t.-^ mixed : crude 



Protein. Fat. fiber. 



Wheat Bran 14.5 4.00 9.5 



Middlings l^.OO 1.00 0.00 



Bran and Shorts 14..") 4.O0 8.00 



Standards for the other feeds will be adopted as soon as this De- 

 partment has had time to accumulate enough information and analyses 

 to justify it in adopting standards that will be fair to both manufac- 

 turers and consumers. 



How Feeds are Inspected in North Carolina. 



Peeds are inspected by sending inspectors over the State to see that 

 the requirements of the law are complied with. The inspectors of 

 feeds carry a complete microscopic outfi^t with them for the examina- 

 tion of feeds, and examine ever}' sample of feed they take in the 

 towns in which they find them. If any are adulterated, they are 

 immediately withdrawn from sale. In the inspection of feeds in 

 1904 in this manner something over one hundred ear-loads of low- 

 grade and adulterated feeds were seized and withdrawn from sale in 

 this State. There is no special season for inspecting feeds, as there 

 is for fertilizers, but they are inspected from time to time during the 

 year. 



All samples of feed collected are sent to the State Chemist for a 

 chemical analysis. 



