ciation has approved 20 official regulations which "should be adopted by 

 State officials insofar as their statutes will permit." There are no conflicts 

 with the New Hampshire feedingstuffs law in these regulations. Manufac- 

 turers and dealers are, therefore, expected to conform to the regulations of 

 the Association in all matters not specifically mentioned in the law. A book- 

 let containing these regulations, together 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. Careless- 

 ness 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 con- 

 sumer, 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 requirements have been met, he accepts the 

 feedingstuff at his own risk. 



The cost of a feedingstuffs inspection includes the drawing and anal- 

 ysis of samples, and the publication and distribution of the annual bul- 

 letin. 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. 



