pear on the market if the trade were not under state control. The 

 law is primarily a correct-labeling act. It must not be assumed by 

 the purchaser of feedingstuffs that every brand which meets the 

 manufacturer's guarantee is a high-grade feed. The feedingstuff 

 law does not prevent the sale of a low-grade feed if it is properly 

 licensed and tagged and is offered for sale in compliance with the law. 

 It would not be in the public interest to legislate against the sale of 

 the lower-grade by-products. They can be fed profitably if bought 

 at a price adjusted to their feeding value. The law does prevent an 

 inferior feed being offered for sale as a high-grade product. 



The dealer, in purchasing feed from the manufacturer, and 

 the consumer, in purchasing feed from the dealer, should make the 

 specification that the feed delivered must comply with the New 

 Hampshire feedingstuff law. If the feed is not registered ; if the 

 protein, fat, and crude fiber are not guaranteed ; and if the ingredients 

 of which the feed is composed are not plainly stated on the bag, or 

 on a tag attached thereto, the purchaser is not protected by the state 

 feedingstuff law. He then has no recourse under the feedingstuff law 

 if the feed which he purchases is of inferior quality. The dealer 

 who offers for sale a feedingstuff which has not been registered and 

 which is not guaranteed in compliance with the law is probably in- 

 different to his customer's interests in other respects. He does not 

 merit either the confidence or the patronage of the consumer. The 

 purchaser's cooperation in refusing to buy a feed which does not con- 

 form to the law in every respect will not only help in the enforcement 

 of the law but will at the same time secure for himself the protection 

 of the law. If the buyer fails to assure himself that the legal re- 

 quirements have been met, he accepts the feedingstuff at his own risk. 



The cost of a feedingstuff inspection includes the drawing and 

 the analysis of the samples, and the publication and mailing of the 

 annual bulletin. The funds from which these costs are paid are ac- 

 cumulated from the license fees which the manufacturer is required 

 to pay annually on each brand of feedingstuff offered for sale within 

 the state. Since manufacturing and distributing costs are finally paid 

 by the consumer, the purchaser of feedingstuffs is interested in the 

 effect of the cost of the inspection on the retail price per ton. A 

 calculation based on the known costs of the inspection and the esti- 

 mated retail value of the feedingstuffs sold annually shows that the 

 cost of the inspection is only a fraction of a cent per 100-pound bag. 



The terms used in reporting the chemical analysis of a feeding- 

 stuff required by the law are briefly defined as follows: Protein is a 

 collective term for a considerable group of compounds, all of which 

 contain nitrogen. Ingredients high in protein are usually more ex- 

 pensive than the other ingredients, making protein the most important 

 nutrient for consideration in determining the commercial value of a 

 feedingstuff. The nutritional value of the proteins varies widely; 

 therefore, a feedingstuff should contain protein from several sources 

 to insure inclusion of all essential types. 



Fat is separated from the other components of a feedingstuff 

 by extracting the moisture-free sample with anhydrous ether. In 

 such ingredients as the cereals, the seed-meals, and animal products, 



