gether with definitions of ingredients, official and tentative, as well as other 

 instructive material, may be obtained from the Secretary of the Association of 

 American Feed Control Officials, College Park, Maryland. If the definitions 

 and suggestions presented in this booklet are followed by the manufacturer, 

 a correct and accepted list of ingredients complying with the law will appear 

 on the tag. Carelessness or indifference in listing the ingredients should create 

 sales resistance in the buyer. The purchaser will likely conclude that the 

 manufacturer who is inaccurate in specifying the ingredients printed on the 

 tag may be careless in selecting the ingredients he puts into the bag. 



THE PURPOSE OF THE FEEDINGSTUFFS LAW 



The chief purpose of the feedingstuffs law is to protect the consumer 

 against the inferior products which doubtless would soon appear 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 that every brand which meets 

 the manufacturers guarantee is a high-grade feed. The Commercial Feed 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 Commercial Feed 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 law. 

 He has no recourse under the commercial feed law if the feed he purchases is 

 of inferior quality. If the buyer fails to assure himself that the legal require- 

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



The cost of a feedingstuffs inspection includes the drawing and analysis 

 of samples, and the publication and distribution of the annual bulletin. The 

 funds from which these costs are paid are accumulated from the license fee 

 which the manufacturer is required to pay annually on each brand registered 

 for sale in the state. 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 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 com- 

 mercial 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 com- 

 ponents of a feedingstuff by extracting 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 



