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amounts of lime. Ground oyster shells are often used. 

 Fattening hens should receive wide rations. 



EXERCISE. Compute a ration for fattening a steer weighing 1,200 

 pounds. What would be the amounts of corn, wheat middlings and 

 skim milk to feed fattening swine 6 to 8 months old? How much 

 hay is the horse at home receiving per day? Wouldn't it be better 

 to cut down the quantity of hay fed? 



SECTION LXXIII. A FEW REMARKS ABOUT FEED 



STUFFS. 



Importance of State Feed Laws. On account of 

 the adulteration of commercial feed stuffs many of our 

 states have passed feed laws. These laws require the 

 manufacturers and dealers in these commodities to 

 " state what they sell and sell what they state." In 

 other words they are forced to guarantee their prod- 

 ucts. Example John Doe is manufacturing and sell- 

 ing cotton-seed meal. Before he is allowed to sell his 

 cotton-seed meal he must have printed on the sacks, 

 or on tags attached to the sacks, the composition of 

 the cotton-seed meal. Let us suppose that John Doe 

 has printed on his sacks the following: 

 protein 40 per cent., fat 9 per cent., 

 carbohydrates 24 per cent., and fiber 

 10 per cent. Weight 100 Ibs. Such 

 a statement is the guarantee. The 

 weight of the package is required be- 

 cause some feeds, such as cracked 

 corn, are put up in 90 and 100 Ib. 

 sacks. The 90 Ib. sacks are used in- 

 stead of the 100 Ib. sacks, because 

 A SPECIMEN BAG OF most P urchasers take it: for granted 



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COMMERCIAL FEED, that all reeds are sold in lots or 100 

 Ibs. or more. Feeds put up in 90 Ib. 

 sacks are generally sold per sack and not by weight. 

 The guarantee, then, protects the purchaser. Many 

 of our State Feed Laws provide for a fine on all goods 

 below the guarantee. 



