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(1) That for the purpose of defraying the expenses of feeding-stnff inspec- 

 tion the State should proferal)ly make a dinn-t appropriation. 



(2t That tlie followintr materials sli-.mld be exemi)t from the provisions of 

 feeding-stuff laws: Hays and straws and wliole unmixed seeds, such as wheat, 

 rye, Ijarley. oats. Indian corn, buckwheat, broom corn, peas, and the unmixed 

 meals of the entire., grains of such seeds. 



(8) Tlie term "concentrated feeding stuff" should include linseed meals, 

 cotton-seed meals, cotton-seed feeds, jiea meals, cocoanut meals, gluten meals, 

 gluten feeds, maize feeds, starch feeds, sugar feeds, dried brewers' grains, 

 dried distillers' grains, malt sprouts, hominy feeds, cerealine feeds, germ feeds. 

 rice meals, oat feeds, corn and oat chops, corn and oat feeds, corn bran, ground 

 beef or fish scraps, condimental foods, poultry foods, stock food.-., patented pro- 

 prietary (H- trade-marked stock and poultry foods, and all other materials of a 

 similar" nature not included in section 2 above. ^Yhere practicable the ' by- 

 products from the milling of wheat, rye. and buckwheat should he included 

 under the requirements of the laws. 



(4) That a legible printed statement should be affixed to or printed on each 

 package containing a feeding stuff named in section 8. giving the net weight of 

 the package, the name and address of the manufacturer or importer, the name, 

 brand, or trade-mark under which the article is sold, and the guaranteed 

 aiuilysis showing the percentage of crude protein and of crude fat and a 

 maximum of fiber which shall not be exceeded. 



The law should provide that the chemical analysis, including determinations 

 of crude fiber, crude protein, and crude fat, shall be made by the official 

 methods of the'Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. 



If the feeding stuff is sold in l)ulk or put up in jjackages belonging to the 

 purchaser, the agent or dealer ;^hall furnish him with a certified statement of 

 the net weight of the lot, the name and address of the manufacturer or importer, 

 the brand or trade-mark under which said article wa!4 sold, and the percentage 

 of crude protein and crude fat which said article is guaranteed to contain as 

 determined by the official methods of the Association of Oflicial Agricultural 

 Chemists. 



(5) That a certified copy of the statement in section 4, al)ove, be filed with 

 the executive officer each year. 



(6) That the law should contain a penalty, by fines only, for violations of its 

 provisions. 



The conunittee reconnnends to the Association of American Agricultural Col- 

 leges and Experiment Stations the adoption of the recommendations 1 to G, in- 

 clusive, with the suggestion that this or some other committee should be 

 instructed to use its efforts to secure the end in view by using its influence to aid 

 in securing uniform legislation in the several States. 



H. J. Wheeler, 

 Chas. D. Woods, 

 E. H. Jenkins, 

 H. P. Armsdy. 

 M. A. Scovell, 



CoiiDiiittce. 



H. J. Wheeler, of Rhode Island. At the meeting last year your committee 

 made certain recommendations in regard to feeding-stuff laws in the United 

 States. This recommendation went to the section on agriculture and chemistry, 

 and was referred to the general session, and owing to objections which were 

 made to one clause it was referred again to your conunittee. The conunittee 

 begs leave to report the recommendations made last year with the modification 

 of section 1. Section 1 read last year : " That for the purpose of defraying the 

 expenses of feeding-stuff inspection the State should make a direct appropria- 

 tion, or where this is impracticable a brand tax should be levied. In view of the 

 experience of Maine and Vermont a tonnage tax is not to be recommended." 



Tour committee now recommends that this read as follows : " That for the 

 purpose of defraying the expenses of feeding-stuff inspection the State should 

 preferably make a direct approi)riation." In other respects the recommenda- 

 tions stand exactly as they did last year. 



One other matter was referred to your conunittee. a comnnuiication received 

 from Doctor Hopkins, of Illinois, which I believe was presented to the section 



