CHAPTER XXI 

 RURAL LEGISLATION 



VARIOUS laws have been enacted by 

 federal and state legislatures for the 

 better protection of producer and consumer. 

 Much of this legislation affects in a very 

 special way the interests of the farmer. Not 

 infrequently, in fact, generally, the state 

 department of agriculture has more or less 

 direct jurisdiction over their enforcement. 

 State departments of agriculture usually 

 publish a collection of the laws of this char- 

 acter. These laws vary greatly in the differ- 

 ent states and only the most general outline, 

 as they affect the interests of the farmer, can 

 be given here. Persons can inform them- 

 selves as to the details as enforced in a given 

 state by applying to the state secretarv of 

 agriculture. 



A number of these acts affect interstate 



commerce, concerning which the United 



States Constitution says: "No state shall, 



without the consent of the Congress, lay any 



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