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stating that said feeding-stuff contains substantially a larger 

 percentage of crude protein or crude fat, or substantially a 

 smaller percentage of crude fiber, than is contained therein, shall, 

 on conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, be fined not 

 more than fifty dollars for the first offense, and not more than 

 one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense. 



Sec. 7. The director of the Vermont agricultural experi- 

 ment station is hereby fully empowered and authorized in person 

 or by deputy to enter any premises where feeding-stuffs are 

 stored and to take a sample not exceeding two pounds in weight 

 for analysis from any lot or package of any commercial feeding- 

 stuff, including the excepted materials named in section three, 

 Avhich may be in the possession of any manufacturer, importer, 

 agent or dealer in this State. Said sample shall be taken from 

 a parcel or number of packages which shall be not less than five 

 per cent, of the whole lot inspected, and shall be thoroughly 

 mixed and placed in a suitable vessel, carefully sealed and a label 

 placed thereon, stating the name or brand of the feeding-stuff or 

 material sampled, the name of the party from whose stock 

 the sample was drawn, and the time and place of drawing. And 

 said label shall be signed by the director or his deputy ; pro- 

 vided, however, that whenever requested said sample shall be 

 taken in duplicate and carefully sealed in the presence of the 

 party or parties in interest or their representative, in which case 

 one of said duplicate samples shall be retained by the director 

 and the other by the party whose stock was sampled. The 

 sample or samples retained by the director shall be for com- 

 parison with the certified statement named in section one of this 

 act. 



Sec. 8. Any person who shall hinder, impede, or obstruct 

 the director or his deputy, while in discharge of his duty under 

 this act shall be deemed giiilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 

 viction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars 

 nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. 



Sec. 9. Said director shall cause at least one sample of 

 each brand or kind of feeding-stuff, collected as herein provided, 

 to be analyzed annually. Said analysis may include determina- 

 tion of crude protein, crude fat, and such other ingredients as 

 it is deemed advisable at any time to determine. The results of 

 the analysis of the sample or samples collected as herein pro- 

 vided, together with such additional information in relation to 

 the character, composition and use thereof as circumstances may 

 advise, shall be published in reports, bulletins, special circulars, 

 •or elsewhere annually or more frequently as is deemed advisable. 



