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  RePOET 
  OF 
  CoMMISSIOISrER 
  OF 
  Ageiculture. 
  987 
  

  

  mixed 
  feeds 
  and 
  all 
  other 
  materials, 
  except 
  those 
  nam.ed 
  in 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  paragraph. 
  

  

  Before 
  any 
  person 
  can 
  sell 
  any 
  commercial 
  feeding 
  stuff 
  a 
  cer- 
  

   tified 
  statement 
  shall 
  be 
  filed 
  with 
  the 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  agricultural 
  

   college 
  experiment 
  station, 
  with 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  stuff. 
  He 
  shall 
  

   pay 
  an 
  inspection 
  tax 
  of 
  ten 
  cents 
  per 
  ton 
  and 
  shall 
  affix 
  a 
  tag 
  to 
  

   each 
  package 
  sold, 
  and 
  the 
  said 
  director 
  shall 
  prescribe 
  the 
  form 
  

   of 
  tag 
  to 
  be 
  used. 
  

  

  Penalties 
  are 
  prescribed 
  for 
  selling 
  any 
  commercial 
  feeding 
  

   stuffs 
  without 
  tag 
  attached, 
  or 
  if 
  the 
  feed 
  shall 
  contain 
  a 
  less 
  per 
  

   cent, 
  of 
  valuable 
  ingredients 
  than 
  indicated 
  on 
  the 
  tag. 
  

  

  Said 
  director 
  shall 
  analyze 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  sample 
  of 
  all 
  brands 
  of 
  

  

  commercial 
  feeding 
  stuffs 
  sold 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  chap. 
  

   334.) 
  

  

  MARYLA^TD. 
  

  

  84. 
  Printed 
  statements 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  affixed 
  to 
  all 
  packages 
  of 
  con- 
  

   centrated 
  commercial 
  feeding 
  stuff 
  for 
  sale 
  or 
  distribution 
  in 
  this 
  

   State 
  as 
  defined 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  section 
  of 
  this 
  sub-title, 
  with 
  

   details 
  of 
  such 
  statement, 
  the 
  " 
  chemical 
  analysis 
  stating 
  the 
  

   percentage 
  of 
  crude 
  protein, 
  allowing 
  one 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  nitrogen 
  to 
  

   equal 
  six 
  and 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  protein, 
  and 
  of 
  crude 
  fat 
  it 
  contains, 
  

   both 
  constituents 
  to 
  be 
  determined 
  by 
  the 
  methods 
  adopted 
  at 
  

   the 
  time 
  by 
  the 
  Association 
  of 
  Official 
  Agricultural 
  Chemists." 
  

  

  85. 
  " 
  The 
  term 
  concentrated 
  commercial 
  feeding 
  stuff, 
  as 
  here 
  

   used, 
  shall 
  not 
  include 
  hays 
  and 
  straws, 
  the 
  whole 
  seeds 
  nor 
  the 
  

   unmixed 
  meals 
  made 
  directly 
  from 
  the 
  entire 
  grains 
  of 
  wheat, 
  

   rye, 
  barley, 
  oats, 
  Indian 
  corn, 
  buckwheat 
  and 
  broom 
  corn. 
  

   Neither 
  shall 
  it 
  include 
  .wheat, 
  rye 
  and 
  buckwheat, 
  brans 
  or 
  mid- 
  

   dlings 
  not 
  mixed 
  with 
  other 
  substances, 
  but 
  sold 
  separately, 
  as 
  

   distinct 
  articles 
  of 
  commerce, 
  nor 
  pure 
  grain 
  ground 
  together. 
  

   The 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  hereinafter 
  authorized 
  to 
  make 
  these 
  in- 
  

   spections 
  is 
  fully 
  empowered 
  to 
  take 
  samples 
  of 
  these 
  excepted 
  

   articles 
  when 
  found, 
  and 
  if, 
  on 
  analysis, 
  they 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  adul- 
  

  

  