PART XIV 



Concentrated Commercial Feeding-Stuffs, Condimen- 

 tal Stock Foods, and Agricultural Seeds. 



EXPLANATORY NOTES 



STOCK FOODS. 



(1) Section 3 of the act defines "concentrated commercial feeding 

 stuffs" and includes in the definition "also condimental stock food; pat- 

 ented proprietary or trademarked stock or poultry feeds, claimed to pos- 

 sess medicinal or nutritive properties or both," but the feeds embraced 

 in this part of the definition are treated differntly throughout the law. 



(2) Labels required on feeding stuffs. Sections 1 and 2. 



(a) Number of net pounds in the Example — 



package. 100 POUNDS. 



(b) Name or brand of the article. MIXED BARLEY FEED. 



(c) Name and address of manu- 



facturer, importer or dealer. SMITH &. CO. 



(d) Place of manufacture. ST. LOUIS. 



(e) Statement of percentages of PROTEIN 14% FAT 2.5% 



crude protein, crude fibre, FIBER ^0"b 



crude fat. 



(f) Names of all ingredients. BARLEY, ALFALFA, OAT 



HULLS, CORN. 



(3) Statements required upon condimental stock foods comprise the 

 items (a), (b), (c) and (d) above; also a statement of the name and 

 percentage of the diluents used; for example, such a statement might be: 



DILUENTS USED, 40% OIL MEAL, 20% BRAN. 



(4) Section 1 provides that the statements required shall be "dis- 

 tinctly printed or written," "in legible type not smaller than eight-point 

 heavy gothic caps," and that it be "a statement" attached "in a conspic- 

 uous place." This department will hold that the first two phrases mean 

 that the statement is to be so printed that it may be easily and plainly 

 read; and that the last two phrases mean that the various items required 

 may not be scattered over the package or otherwise disassociated from 

 one another to the extent that the buyer will with difficulty find the in- 

 formation required to be given. 



