10 The Bulletin. 



RESULTS OF THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE FEED LAW. 



The first feed law in Xortk Carolina went into effect in Julv, 

 1903. At that time it was found that the markets of the State were 

 flooded with low-grade and adulterated feeds, with no branding on 

 the bag to indicate that they were made of anything but high-grade 

 materials. Such materials as rice chaff, ground corncobs, peanut 

 hulls, oat hulls, etc., with very little feeding value and now classed 

 as adulterants, were used extensively in the composition of feeds. 



Since the first law went into effect the Department has made 

 frequent inspections each year in all parts of the State, and wherever 

 adulterated or misbranded feeds have been found they have been 

 withdrawn from sale. The result of this work has been the steadv 

 decrease, from year to year, in the number of adulterated feeds on 

 the market and the steady increase in the quality of the feeds of all 

 classes. With the publication of this, -the seventh report on feeds, 

 it will be noticed that there are very few cases of adulteration re- 

 ported. Following each table of analyses will be found a statement 

 of the number of samples which fail to come up to the manufacturer's 

 guarantee. While this number is comparatively large in some classes 

 of feeds, it will be noticed in the majority of cases that the difference 

 between the analysis and the guarantee is comparatively small. This 

 trouble is due largely to the manufacturers not adhering close enough 

 to the chemical analysis of their products in making up the guarantees 

 for them. 



The present law, which is the first one to require the statement 

 of the percentage of carbohydrates, was passed in February of this 

 year, and as a large number of the samples were taken early in the 

 year the greater portion of the guarantees in this Bulletin do not 

 show the percentage of carbohydrates. 



PURCHASING FEEDS. 



At present the price of concentrated feeds is high and in all 

 probability will continue so. The only way for the consumer to get 

 the best feed is to purchase strictly on the basis of the chemical 

 analysis. If the prices of several feeds are compared closely with 

 the percentages of protein, fat and fiber and the one selected which 

 gives the largest amount of protein and fat and the smallest amount 

 of fiber for a given amount of money, the purchaser will in this 

 way get the best returns for his money. 



Every feed dealer, to protect himself and his trade, should insist 

 on feeds being shipped him in strict compliance with the law. If he 

 will do this and not buy from those manufacturers who do not comply 

 with the law, he will save considerable trouble and inconvenience by 

 having his feeds seized and confiscated by feed inspectors. 



