﻿Concentrated 
  Commercial 
  Feeding 
  Stuff. 
  

  

  The 
  practice 
  of 
  cheapening 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  mixed 
  feeds 
  for 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  domestic 
  animals 
  by 
  mixing 
  -with 
  or 
  adding 
  to 
  ground 
  grains 
  

   the 
  hulls 
  of 
  oats 
  or 
  other 
  valueless, 
  bulky 
  substitutes 
  whereby 
  

   millions 
  of 
  tons 
  have 
  been 
  sold 
  at 
  extortionate 
  prices, 
  when 
  the 
  

   real 
  food 
  or 
  nutritive 
  value 
  are 
  considered, 
  has 
  led 
  several 
  States 
  

   to 
  pass 
  laws 
  requiring 
  guaranteed 
  analysis 
  to 
  accompany 
  all 
  lots 
  

   sold. 
  

  

  Full 
  texts 
  of 
  these 
  laws 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  by 
  the 
  references 
  given. 
  

  

  MAINE. 
  

  

  Every 
  manufacturer, 
  company 
  or 
  person 
  who 
  sells 
  or 
  offers 
  for 
  

   sale 
  any 
  commercial 
  feeding 
  stuff, 
  used 
  for 
  feeding 
  farm 
  live 
  stock, 
  

   shall 
  affix 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  each 
  package 
  a 
  printed 
  statement 
  of 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  pounds, 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  trade-mark, 
  name 
  of 
  manu- 
  

   facturer 
  or 
  shipper, 
  and 
  a 
  chemical 
  analysis 
  stating 
  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 
  it 
  contains. 
  

   The 
  term 
  concentrated 
  commercial 
  feeding 
  stuff 
  as 
  here 
  used, 
  

   shall 
  not 
  include 
  hay 
  and 
  straw, 
  the 
  whole 
  seed, 
  nor 
  the 
  unmixed 
  

   meal 
  made 
  from 
  entire 
  grains 
  of 
  wheat, 
  rye, 
  barley, 
  oats, 
  corn, 
  

   buckwheat 
  and 
  broom 
  corn, 
  nor 
  shall 
  it 
  include 
  wheat, 
  rye 
  and 
  

   buckwheat 
  brans 
  or 
  middlings, 
  not 
  mixed 
  with 
  other 
  substance, 
  

   but 
  sold 
  separately, 
  as 
  distinct 
  articles 
  of 
  commerce, 
  nor 
  pure 
  

   grains 
  ground 
  together. 
  

  

  The 
  term 
  concentrated 
  commercial 
  feeding 
  stuff, 
  as 
  here 
  used, 
  

  

  shall 
  include 
  linseed 
  meal, 
  cotton 
  seed 
  meal, 
  pea 
  meal, 
  cocoanut 
  

   meals, 
  gluten 
  meals, 
  gluten 
  feeds, 
  maize 
  feeds, 
  sugar 
  feeds, 
  dried 
  

  

  brewer's 
  grains, 
  malt 
  sprouts, 
  hominy 
  feeds, 
  cerealine 
  feeds, 
  rice 
  

  

  meals, 
  oat 
  feeds, 
  corn 
  and 
  oat 
  chops, 
  ground 
  beef 
  or 
  fish 
  scraps, 
  

  

  