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(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 ^o, 



crude protein, crude fiber, FIBER 10 9^. 



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 conspicu- 

 ous 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 difBculty find the 

 information required to be given. 



(5) Section 4 requires that each manufacturer shall file with the 

 Food and Dairy Commissioner a certified copy of the statement required 

 to be attached to his feeding stuff, and also a sample of each brand of 

 his concentrated commercial feeding stuffs, together with the proper 

 affidavit. 



(6) Upon feeding-stuffs other than condimental stock foods a tax of 

 ten cents a ton must be paid and a tag stating that the tax has been paid 

 must be attadied to the bags or packages. These tags are to be furnished 

 by the Food and Dairy Commissioner, in accordance with the provisions 

 of section 5. Blank form for such statements and affidavits will be fur- 

 nished on request. 



(7) Local dealers are liable for the sale of feeding-stuffs not bearing 

 the statements and tax tag required by the law and should insist that 

 feeding-stuffs sent them for sale be properly labeled and tagged. 



(8) This department can not undertake analyses for manufacturers 

 or dealers, but is required to make analyses for those who purchase for 

 their own use, and samples and applications for such analyses should be 

 accompanied by a copy of the statement attached to the feeding-stuff. 

 Section 7 requires payment of a fee of one dollar for such analyses. 



(9) Tags will be issued in two forms: 



(a) Regular shipping tag form. 



lb) Gummed back paper form, suitable for attachment to 



such shipping tags as the manufacturer may be using. 



The above forms of tags will be issued in denominations suitable for 



use with 25, 50 and 100 pounds net. A tag suitable for use with ton lots 



