6 The Bulletin 



taining less than tlie above must be sold as cotton-seed feed or under a 

 name not containing the word meail. 



Penalties. — Persons violating tbe law are subject to a fine of $50 to 

 $200 for each offense, and feeds which do not meet the requirements ai'e 

 subject to seizure, condemnation, and sale. 



Copies of the law may be had on application. 



LOW GRADE BY-PRODUCTS IN MIXED FEEDS 



In view of the decision of the Federal courts, the use of oat hulls, 

 cotton-seed hulls, peanut hulls, corn cobs, and similar materials, will be 

 permitted in mixed feeds in North Carolina when feeds are kept up to 

 the standard in composition adopted by the Department, and when the 

 presence of these materials is declared on the tag or bag, and when they 

 are used in such a way as not to deceive the purchaser. 



TEN AND NINE PER CENT MINIMUM PROTEIN 



Mixed feeds contadning any one or more of the above by-products or 

 similar ones of low feeding value, such as straws, chaffs, cornstalk, 

 corn pith, sorghum pulp, grain screenings and many others that will 

 occur to the mind of the feed mixer must carry a minimum of 10 per 

 cent protein.* Mixed feeds which do not contain low grade ingredients 

 such as the above and similar ones must carry 9 per cent minimum pro- 

 tein. Nine per cent protein is the minimum protein under any cir- 

 cumstamces in mixed feeds. 



NITROGEN, AMMONIA, AND PROTEIN EQUIVALENTS 



The ammonia per cent multiplied by 5.14 gives the protein per cent. 

 The nitrogen per cent multiplied by 6.25 gives the protein per cent. 

 The nitrogen per cent multiplied by l.?16 gives the ammonia per cent. 



HEARINGS 



When a sample of commercial feed examined shows variation from 

 the guarantees, the dealer or manufacturer from whom the sample was 

 taken shall be given an opportunity to be heard in his defense by the 

 Commissioner before the facts may be certified to the proper prosecut- 

 ing attorney. 



It is the duty of the Depairtment of Agriculture to regularly inspect 

 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 col- 

 lect 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 bene- 

 fit of those interested in this class of goods. 



The Department will be glad, at any time, to furnish information re- 

 garding the character and value of any class of feed. 



•Poultry feeds containing grit ii eluded in this class. 



