Deceiiibor, 1909.] FEEDING-STUFFS. 175 



THE PREfcjENT FEED LAW. 



STATE OP NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



CHAPTER 35, SESSION LAWS OF 1901. 



An Act to Regulate the Sale of Concentrated Commercial 



Feeding-Stuffs. 



Section 1. Every manufacturer, company, or person, 

 who shall sell, offer, or expose for sale or for distribution 

 in this state any concentrated commercial feeding-stuff used 

 for feeding farm live-stock, shall furnish with each car or 

 other amount shipped in bulk and shall affix to every pack- 

 age of such feeding-stuff, in a conspicuous place on the 

 outside thereof, a plainly printed statement clearly and 

 truly certifying the number of net pounds in the package 

 sold f-r offered for sale, the name or trade-mark under which 

 the article is sold, the name of the manufacturer or shipper, 

 the place of manufacture, the place of business, and a 

 chemical analysis stating the percentages it contains of 

 crude protein, allowing one per centum of nitrogen to equal 

 six and one fourth per centum of protein, and of crude fat, 

 both constituents to be determined by the methods pre- 

 scribed by the association of official agricultural chemists. 

 Whenever any feeding-stuff is sold at retail in bulk or in 

 packages belonging to the purchaser, the agent or dealer, 

 upon request of the purchaser, shall furnish to him the 

 certified statement named in this section. 



Sect. 2. The term "concentrated commercial feeding- 

 stuffs," as used in this act, shall include linseed meals, cot- 

 tonseed meals, pea meals, cocoanut meals, gluten meals, 

 gluten feeds, maize feeds, starch feeds, sugar feeds, dried 

 brewer's grains, malt sprouts, hominy feeds, cerealine feeds, 

 rice meals, oat feeds, corn and oat chops, ground beef or 

 fish scraps, mixed feeds, and all other materials of similar 

 nature ; but shall not include hays and straws, the whole 



