6 The Bulletin. 



The packages or bags shall bear a plain statement of the name, 

 brand or trade-mark under which the feed is sold; the name and 

 address of the manufacturer, jobber or importer ; the names of each 

 and all the ingredients of which the feed is composed, and a state- 

 ment of the minimum percentage of protein and fat and the maximum 

 percentage of crude fiber and the percentage of carbohydrates. 



The term ''Concentrated Commercial Feeding Stuff" includes all 

 feeds used for live stock and poultry, except hays, straws, com stover 

 and whole grains. 



Every manufacturer selling goods in this State must register each 

 brand with the Commissioner of Agriculture and file a statement 

 of the requirements as stated in section 1 of the law. 



The manufacturer must pay to the Commissioner of Agriculture 

 an inspection tax of twenty cents per ton for every ton of feed offered 

 for sale in the State. Each package must have attached to it a tax 

 stamp, furnished by the Commissioner, showing that these charges 

 have been paid. 



Section 7 states the conditions under which feeds shall be with- 

 drawn from sale and defines adulterants. 



Section 9 gives the Board of Agriculture power to adopt such 

 standards and regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement 

 of the law. 



It is the duty of the Department of Agriculture to regularly in- 

 spect the feeds offered for sale in the State and to see that all feeds 

 bear the tax stamp and 'are properly labeled. The Department is 

 required to collect and analyze at least one sample of every brand 

 of feed found on sale in the State during the year and to publish the 

 results for the benefit of those interested in this class of goods. 

 ■ The Department will be glad, at any time, to furnish informatioir 

 regarding the character and value of any class of feed. 



RESULTS OF THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE FEED LAW. 



The first feed law in North Carolina went into effect in July, 

 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 

 JhuUs, 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 steady 

 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 eighth report on feeds, 



