COMMERCIAL FEEDSJ917 



J. M. PiCKEL, Feed Chemist.* 



Five hundred and fifteen samples of feeds have been analyzed since 

 those accounted for in the Bulletin for 1916. Three hundred and 

 seventy-four of these samples were collected by the official feed inspector 

 in various cities and towns throughout the State. One hundred and 

 forty-one sannples were sent in by citizens of the State (merchants, 

 manufacturers, dairymen, and other consumers). 



The analyses of three hundred and eighty-eight of these samples are 

 published in this Bulletin. 



EOIEDIATELY ESSENTIAL POINTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA 



FEEDING STUFFS LAW 



All feeds for live stock and poultry, except hays, straws, and corn 

 stover, when the same arc not mixed with other materials, and except 

 the whole seeds or grains of cereals when not mixed with other materials, 

 must be registered and guaranteed; and each bag of such a feed must 

 carry a guarantee tag and tax stamp at the rate of 1 cent per 100 lbs. 

 Instead of a tag, the guarantee may be printed on the bag. 



Feeds must be put up in 25 lb., 50 lb., 75 lb., 100 lb. bags. Tax 

 stamps are to be had from the Commissioner of Agriculture in denomi- 

 nations of 14c., 1/20., %c., Ic, etc. 



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£'ac/fc Ingredient of a feed must be .stated specifically by its name. 

 Screenings must be ground to destroy the viability of weed seeds. 

 Cotton-seed Meal must contain not less than 33.44 per cent of protein, 

 equivalent to 6.5 per cent ammonia. Mixtures of meal and hulls con- 



*The protein determinations were made by Messrs. B. B. Brandt and E. S. Dewar. 



