stuff 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 pur- 

 chaser is not protected by the state feedingstuff law. He then has no re- 

 course 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 indifferent 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 requirements 

 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 accumulated 

 from the license fees which the manufacturer is required to pay annually 

 on each brand of feedingstuff offered for sale within the state. Since manu- 

 facturing and distributing costs are finally paid by the consumer, the pur- 

 chaser 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 estimated 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 feedingstuff 

 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 expensive 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 con- 

 tain protein from several sources to insure inclusion of all essential types. 

 FAT is separated from the other components of a feedingstuff by extract- 

 ing the moisture-free sample with anhydrous ether. In such ingredients 

 as the cereals, the seed-meals, and animal products, the extract is nearly 

 pure fat. A few ingredients such as alfalfa meal contain some ether soluble 

 material which is not fat. When urea is present, the figure for the percent- 

 age of fat found may be high as much as 2/10 per cent, due to the slight 

 solubility of urea in anhydrous ether. When sulphur is present, the per- 

 centage of fat found is much too high, since sulphur is readily soluble in 

 anhydrous ether. FIBER is composed of cellulose and related compounds. 

 Since crude fiber has little feeding value, the law requires that the maxi- 

 mum fiber be guaranteed rather than the minimum as in protein and fat. 



It is not within the scope of this bulletin to make recommendations 

 regarding the use of commercial feedingstuffs. The Department of Dairy 

 Husbandry and the Department of Poultry Husbandry are continuously 

 studying feeding problems. The following publications of these depart- 

 ments are free to residents of New Hampshire. Address your request to 

 Mail Service, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire. 



