B. A FKW WORDS WITH THE CONSUMER. 



Tlie new feed law makes possible the employment 

 Consumer of a regular inspector, who visits all sections of the 

 Protected. state a number of times each year, collects samples 



and notes whether the several statute requirements 

 are complied with. The consumer has, as it were, a special agent 

 constantly at work in his interests, protecting him against any pos- 

 sible fraud or misrepresentation. 



In general it may be said that the bulk of the feed 



Bulk of Feed now offered is free from serious adulteration and is 



Free from as represented. The large majority of local dealers 



Adulteration, are desirous of securing and selling only standard 



feeds of recognized worth, and are frequently 

 addressing letters of inquiry to the station concerning the character 

 of questionable or unknown articles. A few dealers seem disposed 

 to carry an inferior line of feeds and appear desirous of pushing the 

 sale of those, — irrespective of quality — on which there is the largest 

 margin of profit. 



The consumer owes it to himself to see that the feeds 



Consumer he purchases are properly tagged, are not damp, 



Must Help mouldy or wormy, are free from foreign admixtures 



Himself. that can be detected with the unaided eye, (weed 



seeds, hulls, and the like) and are of a satisfactory 

 mechanical condition. He should further carefully scrutinize the 

 guarantee, in order to ascertain its true meaning. The mere fact 

 that a feed stuff bears a guarantee, does not certify that it is unadul- 

 terated or of a satisfactory character. 



The station has established definite standards for all regular 

 brands (see page 6) and the attached guarantee should conform to 

 the standard. The consumer has only himself to blame if he is 

 not sufficiently posted to discriminate between the true and the false. 

 The materials analyzed and reported on pages 8 to 26 were collected 

 during the late winter and early spring by our regular inspector, 

 who thoroughly canvassed all sections of the state. In many cases 

 it was not thought necessary to take samples. The 378 samples 

 collected, were obtained of 186 grain dealers, located in 120 different 

 towns. 



