INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FEEDINGSTUFFS 



Made for the 

 STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The New Hampshire Commercial Feedingstuffs Law is administered 

 by the Commissioner of Agriculture. All inquiries concerning the law 

 and the registration of feedingstuffs should be addressed to the attention 

 of the Feed Control Supervisor, Department of Agriculture, State House, 

 Concord, New Hampshire. A booklet "New Hampshire Commercial 

 Feed Law and Rules and Regulations" is available at the above address. 

 A copy should be obtained by each individual or firm expecting to sell 

 feed products in New Hampshire. 



In carrying out the provisions of the law during the fiscal year end- 

 ing June 30, 1957, 702 official samples were collected under the direc- 

 tion of Honorable Perley I. Fitts, Commissioner of Agriculture. The 

 samples were collected by the Control Supervisor, Mr. George H. 

 Laramie, the Assistant Control Supervisor, Mr. Harold Ayer and an 

 assistant, Mr. Daniel Graham, The samples were submitted to this 

 laboratory for analysis. All inquiries relating to methods of analysis 

 should be directed to this laboratory. 



It is not the purpose of this bulletin to discuss the law in detail but to point out 

 certain requirements of the law. This bulletin reports the analysis of the official 

 samples submitted by the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture. 



EXCERPTS FROM THE LAW 



and 



COMMENTS RELATING TO IT 



The New Hampshire Commercial Feed Law, Chapter 226 of the 

 Laws of the State of New Hampshire, conforms closely to the Uniform 

 Feed Bill proposed by the Association of American Feed Control Offi- 

 cials. All persons concerned with the manufacture or use of feeding- 

 stuffs should become familiar with the requirements of the law. 



Registration: Each brand of commercial feed offered for sale in 

 the state must be registered with the Feed Control Supervisor. Forms 

 are provided for that purpose by his office in Concord, New Hampshire. 



The term "commercial feed" refers to "all materials which are dis- 

 tributed for use as feed for animals, other than man, and for wild birds 

 kept in captivity, except (1) unmixed whole seeds, and meals made di- 

 rectly from the entire seeds, (2) unground hay, and (3) whole or ground 

 straw, stover, silage, cobs and hulls when not mixed with other ma- 

 terials." 



The feedingstuff is usually registered by the manufacturer or job- 

 ber, whether he is located within or outside the state. Feedingstuffs 

 manufactured in other states are frequently handled by several middle- 

 men before they reach the local distributor. Under the provisions of the 



