348 STATE BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



Crude protein, Minimum — % 



Ether extract (fat) , Minimum — % 



Nitrogen-free extract (carbohydrates), Minimum ... — % 



Crude fiber, Maximum — % 



The sliding guarantee should be abandoned as quickly as possible for 

 it has a tendency to mislead and confuse the purchaser. The attention 

 of the consumer is directed to the fact that where the sliding guarantee 

 is used, the higher figures are less frequently maintained than the lower 

 ones. 



Materials Suhject to License. The term concentrated feeding stufif in- 

 cludes linseed meal, cottonseed meal, pea meal, eocoanut meal, gluten 

 meal, oil meals of all kinds, gluten feeds, maize feeds, starch feeds, 

 nixed sugar feeds, hominy feed, rice meal, oat feeds, corn and oat feeds, 

 meat meal, dried blood, clover meals, mixed feeds of all kinds, slaughter 

 house waste products, all condimental stock foods, patented and pro- 

 prietary stock foods claimed to possess nutritive properties and all ma- 

 terials intended for feeding to domestic animals except hays, straws, 

 fodders, ensilage, the whole seeds and the unmixed meals made directly 

 from grinding the entire grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, flaxseed, 

 maize, buckwheat, wet brewers' grains, malt sprouts, wet or dried beet 

 pulp lohen unmixed with other materials. It also exempts wheat, rye, 

 and buckwheat brans and middlings when unmixed with other sub- 

 stances, and pure grains ground together. 



The opinions held by the administrative officers in regard to a few 

 special feeds over which there has been considerable discussion is here 

 stated. 



Wheat Bran mith Ground Screenings not Exceeding Mill Run. Almost 

 the first problem to be confronted was the position to be taken in re- 

 gard to the status of wheat bran with screenings in relation to the law. 

 After making quite an extensive investigation of the subject and writing 

 many letters we were convinced that, under normal conditions, wheat 

 bran should not contain foreign material in excess of one or two per cent 

 and, that the presence of a greater amount was evidence of the addition 

 of screenings. 



Screenings were held to be "other substances" and that a mixture of 

 wheat bran and screenings should be classed as a mixed feed and be 

 subject to the requirements of the law. 



Before making a definite ruling on this point the matter was presented 

 to the Attorney General for an opinion which is herewith printed in full : 



"It will be noted that the exemption in section 2 with reference to wheat, rye 

 and buckwheat brans contains the specific requirement that the same shall not 

 be mixed with "other substances." This of course must be taken to mean that if 

 bran is so mixed it can not be deemed to be relieved from the requirements im- 

 posed. I scarcely think that the conclusion can be avoided that screenings even 

 though taken from the same grain from which the bran is produced must be re- 

 garded as another substance as such expression is used in the exempting clause 

 referred to. It follows, therefore, that such a mixture as is indicated by your in- 

 quiry must be considered as subject to the provisions of Section 2 and can not 

 reasonably be said to be relieved by virtue of any of the exceptions in the con- 

 cluding sentences of that section. Any person or persons therefore that wish 

 to sell such a mixture should comply with the Act. If a tag or label is placed on 

 such a product indicating that it consists of bran and screenings, without refer- 

 ence to the proportion of the latter, it is thereby indicated that such product is 



