_ INSPECTION OF FEEDING STUFFS.* 
W. H. JorpaNn AND F. D. FULLER. 
SUMMARY. 
(1) Prior to May 3d 104 manufacturers licensed 154 brands 
of feeding stuffs for the year 1904. 
(2) 263 samples of feed stuffs, officially collected from Jan. 
6, 1904, to May 6. 1904, have been analyzed. 
INTRODUCTION. 
Herewith is presented the work of the Station in the examina- 
tion of concentrated feeding stuffs found in the markets of New 
York State, in 1904, in compliance with the provisions of the 
Agricultural Law, Chap. 338, Article 9. 
The law under which the samples included in this bulletin were 
taken so defined the term “concentrated commercial feeding 
stuffs ” that it practically covered all feeds excepting the follow- 
ing:—Hays and straws, and the entire grains of wheat, rye, bar- 
ley, oats, maize (corn), buckwheat and broom corn, either whole 
or ground into meal; also bran and middlings from wheat, rye 
and buckwheat when sold as such unmixed with other materials. 
The above feeds may still be sold legally without the payment of 
a license fee. 
AMENDMENT OF THE LAW. 
The Legislature of 1904 passed an act amending the law con- 
trolling the sale and analysis of concentrated commercial feeding 
stuffs, which was approved by the Governor on May 3d, 1904. 
This amendment transfers the administration of the feeding 
stuffs law to the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Experiment 
Station still being required to analyze the samples of feeding 
stuffs collected by said Commissioner. Certain materials were 
added to the specified list of feeds which are defined as “ concen- 
*Reprint of Bulletin No. 255. 
