CONTROL BULLP:TIN No. 70 



INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FEEDSTUFFS 



By Philip H. Smithi 



During the past year 1,044 brands of feed have been registered for sale by 

 219 manufacturers and dealers; 1,649 samples of feeding stuffs have been col- 

 lected and subjected to analysis; 200 dealers located in 107 towns and cities 

 have been visited by the feed inspector at least once. 



The intent of the Feeding Stuff Act is primarily to prevent deception and 

 misrepresentation in the sale of commercial feeding stuffs. This it does to the 

 extent of information required on the label. The law when enacted was con- 

 sistent with the scientific knowledge of feeding stuffs of the time. It was written 

 for a period now past, and in order to check properly claims for vitamin potency 

 and other data resulting from more recent scientific discoveries, the Control 

 Service is in urgent need of a biological laboratory. As a matter of justice to the 

 trade and to the consuming public, laboratory facilities should be enlarged. Much 

 could be done with the funds already coming into the State Treasury through 

 feed registrations, of which less than one-half is appropriated for the work for 

 which it is intended. 



Of the 1,647 samples of feeding stuffs collected, only 38, or 2.3 per cent, were 

 found to be one per cent or more below their protein and fat guarantee, or more 

 than one per cent over the guarantee for fiber, and in no case to such an extent 

 as to materially affect their feeding value. 



'The following staff members assisted in the inspection: Albert F. Spelman and John W. 

 Kuzmeski, Chemists; Frederick A. McLaughlin, Microscopist; James T. Howard, Inspector; 

 Cora B. Grover, Clerk. 



