4 The Bulletin. 



STANDARDS ADOPTED. 



As the present law requires that every bag must have a guaranteed 

 analysis attached, and gives the Department the right to adopt stand- 

 ards for the different feeds, the following standards have been adopted. 

 For Pure Wheat Bran, Pure Wheat Shorts, and Pure Wheat Bran 

 and Shorts mixed : 



x • • Crude 



Protein. Fat. Fiber. 



Wheat Bran 14.5 4.00 9.5 



Middlings 15.00 4.00 6.00 



Bran and Shorts 14.5 4.00 8.00 



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

 ment 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. 



ENFORCEMENT OF THE FEED LAW. 



North Carolina was the first Southern State to pass a feeding stuff 

 law. This law went into effect July 1, 1903, and the first bulletin 

 giving the results of the inspection and analyses of feeds found on the 

 North Carolina markets was published in December, 1903. This 

 bulletin revealed the fact that concentrated feeding stuffs were more 

 largely adulterated than commercial fertilizers prior to the passage of 

 the fertilizer law. The State was flooded with low-grade, misbranded 

 and adulterated feeds. Such materials as rice chaff, ground corn 

 cobs, peanut hulls and oat hulls, which have very little, if any, feeding 

 value, were used extensively in the composition of feeds. There was 

 nothing on the bag to indicate their presence. This Department real- 

 ized the gravity of the situation and set to work under the feed law to 

 force from the markets of this State all low-grade, misbranded and 

 adulterated feeds. For the past five years frequent inspections have 

 been made each year in all parts of the State, and every year the 

 quality of feeds has increased. Consumers of feeds are now enjoy- 

 ing the benefits derived from a strict enforcement of the feed law and 

 are being protected from unscrupulous manufacturers, mixers and 

 manipulators. 



This bulletin shows the results of five years' enforcement of the 

 feed law, and, while there are still some misbranded and adulterated 

 feeds offered at times during the year, their sale is very limited. 



PRICES OF FEEDS. 



The prices of feeds have never been higher than they are to-day. 

 Therefore, to buy the best feed at the least cost is the problem con- 

 fronting buyers. This problem can be solved to a great extent by 

 using a little judgment in the selection of different feeds. 



