INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FEEDINGSTUFFS 



Made for the 

 STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The New Hampshire Feeding'stuffs Law is administered by the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture, All inquiries concerning the law and 

 the registration of feedingstuff s should be addressed to the Feed Con- 

 trol Supervisor, State House, Concord. 



Under the direction of Honorable Perley L Fitts, Commissioner 

 of Agriculture, Mr. George H. Laramie, Feed Control Supervisor, and 

 Mr. Harold Ayer, Inspector, collected 547 samples of feedingstuffs 

 offered for sale in the state during the year ending June 1951. The 

 547 samples of feedingstuffs represent 533 brands of 113 manufac- 

 turers. 



REGISTRATION AND LABELING OF FEEDINGSTUFFS 



Registration — The New Hampshire feedingstuffs law. Chapter 

 226, Revised Laws, as amended by Chapter 64, Laws of 1949, requires 

 the registration of each brand of feedingstuff offered for sale with 

 the Commissioner of Agriculture. Feedingstuffs are defined in the 

 law as follows: "The terms 'concentrated commercial feedingstuff' 

 or 'feedingstuff' as used in this chapter shall include all commercial 

 feedingstuffs used for feeding wild animals and birds kept in captivity, 

 domestic animals and poultry, except hay, straw, whole seed, unmixed 

 meals made directly from the entire grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, 

 Indian corn, broom corn, buckwheat, and mixed grains the ingredients 

 of which may be readily determined." 



The feedingstuff is usually registered by the manufacturer or 

 jobber whether he is located within or outside the state. Feeding- 

 stuffs manufactured in other states are frequently handled by several 

 middlemen before they reach the local distributor. Under the pro- 

 visions of the law, if the manufacturer or jobber fails to make regis- 

 tration, the dealer is responsible. Dealers who purchase feed for 

 resale must assure themselves that the brands they purchase are 

 properly registered and the license fee is paid; otherwise, they must 

 assume that responsibility. The Feed Control Supervisor provides 

 forms to be filed in his office for the registration of feeds. A copy is 

 shown on pages 4 and 5. 



