﻿990 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Ixepokt 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Penalties 
  are 
  prescribed 
  for 
  the 
  selling- 
  or 
  offering 
  for 
  sale 
  of 
  

   any 
  concentrated 
  commercial 
  feeding 
  stuffs 
  without 
  the 
  state- 
  

   ments 
  required 
  by 
  previous 
  sections, 
  or 
  if 
  said 
  feeding 
  stuffs 
  con- 
  

   tain 
  a 
  larger 
  percentage 
  of 
  nitrogen 
  or 
  protein. 
  

  

  ISTo 
  kind 
  of 
  meal 
  or 
  ground 
  grain 
  shall 
  be 
  adulterated 
  with 
  

   milling 
  or 
  manufactured 
  offals, 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  substance 
  whatever, 
  

   unless 
  the 
  true 
  composition 
  of 
  the 
  adulteration 
  is 
  marked 
  or 
  

   labeled 
  on 
  the 
  j)ackage 
  that 
  is 
  offered 
  for 
  sale, 
  and 
  no 
  person 
  

   shall 
  sell 
  or 
  offer 
  such 
  for 
  sale 
  unless 
  marked 
  as 
  prescribed. 
  

  

  The 
  said 
  experiment 
  station 
  is 
  authorized 
  to 
  collect 
  a 
  sample 
  

   of 
  all 
  brands 
  of 
  commercial 
  feeding 
  stuff, 
  used 
  for 
  feeding 
  domes- 
  

   tic 
  animals, 
  sold 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  analyze 
  the 
  same 
  and 
  publish 
  

   the 
  result. 
  (Laws 
  1900, 
  chap. 
  29.) 
  

  

  EHODE 
  ISLAND. 
  

  

  Every 
  lot 
  of 
  concentrated 
  commercial 
  feeding 
  stuff 
  offered 
  or 
  

   sold 
  shall 
  bear 
  a 
  plainly 
  affixed 
  statement, 
  showing 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  poimds, 
  the 
  name, 
  brand 
  or 
  trade-mark 
  under 
  which 
  the 
  article 
  

   is 
  sold, 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  address 
  of 
  the 
  manufacturer 
  or 
  importer, 
  

   and 
  a 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  percentage 
  of 
  crude 
  protein, 
  allowing 
  one 
  

   per 
  cent, 
  of 
  nitrogen 
  to 
  equal 
  six 
  and 
  one-fourth 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  

   protein 
  and 
  of 
  crude 
  fat. 
  

  

  Hays, 
  straws, 
  Avhole 
  seeds 
  or 
  unmixed 
  meals 
  made 
  from 
  grain 
  

   shall 
  not 
  be 
  considered 
  concentrated 
  feeding 
  stuffs; 
  nor 
  shall 
  it 
  

   include 
  brans 
  or 
  middlings 
  unmixed 
  and 
  sold 
  as 
  distinct 
  articles 
  

   of 
  commerce. 
  

  

  The 
  term 
  concentrated 
  feeding 
  stuffs 
  shall 
  include 
  meals 
  of 
  

   linseed, 
  cotton-seed, 
  pease, 
  cocoanut, 
  gluten 
  and 
  feeds 
  of 
  gluten, 
  

   maize, 
  starch, 
  sugar, 
  dried 
  brewers' 
  grains, 
  malt 
  sprouts, 
  hom- 
  

   iny 
  feeds, 
  cerealine 
  feeds, 
  rice 
  meals, 
  oat 
  feeds, 
  corn 
  and 
  oat 
  chops, 
  

   ground 
  beef 
  and 
  fish 
  scraps, 
  mixed 
  feed, 
  provenders, 
  etc., 
  etc. 
  

  

  The 
  board 
  may 
  collect 
  samples 
  for 
  analysis 
  and 
  publish 
  the 
  

   results. 
  (Laws 
  1899, 
  chap. 
  631.) 
  

  

  