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twenty-one per cent., yet they are still much in excess of 

 the bran and even of distillers' grains. In the states, with 

 the latest statutes governing feeding-stuffs, crude fibre is 

 included among the constituents to be guaranteed, and a 

 marked improvement has taken place in the character of 

 the feeds on the market. In no other way will such mate- 

 rials as oat hulls and flax straw be reduced to a minimum 

 in the various ready mixed rations. 



Appreciating the defects in the present feed-stuff law, the 

 Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture secured the 

 introduction of a bill providing for its amendment at the 

 last session of the legislature, which passed the House but 

 failed report by the Senate Committee. A copy of the 

 present feed-stuff law with the proposed amendment is to 

 be found on page 175. We have also added a copy of a type 

 of uniform feed-stuff law which was approved by a con- 

 ference of state officials and leading manufacturers at 

 Washington, D. C, September 10, 1909. This proposed law 

 is verj'- similar to that adopted by the Association of Com- 

 missioners of Agriculture of the southern states and is 

 supported by the manufacturers so that they may have 

 uniformity of legislation in tlie different states in which 

 their goods are sold. 



Of all the feeding-stuffs examined, there were few notice- 

 able failures to meet the guarantees, and these were limited 

 to the cottonseed meals and distillers' grains. 



Of eleven different brands of cottonseed meal nine were 

 guaranteed to contain forty-one per cent, of protein, but 

 three of them should have been guaranteed in the same 

 class with the two for which 38.5 per cent, was claimed. 



The southern cotton crushers are particular to grade their 

 goods according to the nitrogen content or its equivalent in 

 protein,and prices vary accordingly ; but northern grain job- 

 bers classify all cottonseed meals alike as regards prices and 

 as a rule make the guarantees on the basis of choice meal. 



Some offer rebates if the consumer finds the goods de- 

 ficient; but the user of a few bags of cottonseed meal rarely 

 secures an analysis, without which no rebate can be claimed. 



