June, 1919] inspection of feeding stuffs 5 



the use of the double or sliding-scale guarantee. The law definite- 

 ly states that the minimum percentage only of protein, fat and 

 carbohydrates shall be printed in the guarantee. When a manu- 

 facturer prints a guarantee, for example, of 35-50% protein — a 

 spread of 15% — knowing that this particular brand will proba- 

 bly fall below the minimum guarantee of 35% in as many sam- 

 ples as it will analyze as much as three per cent above 35%, he 

 is attempting to deceive the consumer by making it appear that 

 he may get 50% protein where he has hardly a chance of getting 

 more than 38% and may not even get 35%. The purpose of the 

 law requiring the minimum guarantee only is to prevent such 

 deception ; and the sale of any feed as represented to contain 

 more than its minimum guarantee is fraudulent and illegal. 



The Misleading Brand Name. 



Another deception of a few manufacturers, particularly 

 the manufacturers of proprietary or compounded feeds which 

 the consumer is warned to guard against is the misleading brand 

 name of the feed. In buying feeds the purchaser should consider 

 the percentage of protein, the percentage of fat and the percen- 

 tage of total carbohydrates, less the percentage of crude fiber, in 

 connection with the price of the feed per ton or per hundred 

 pounds. An examination of the brand names and the analyses 

 in the following pages will show several attempts at deception by 

 the manufacturer by giving to a feed low in protein and fat a 

 name indicating that it has unusual feeding value. 



The Inspector, Mr. Eugene D. Sanborn, visited nearly every 

 town in the State and collected samples of 306 different brands. 

 These samples were analyzed with the assistance of Mr. P. Bruce 

 Place. The following classification, alphabetically arranged, is 

 the one under which the respective feeds were offered for sale 

 by the dealers. 



Alfalfa Meals. 



Two samples of alfalfa meal were analyzed. These feeds 

 average to contain 15.34% protein, 1.81% fat, and to retail at 

 $2.46 per one hundred pounds. One hundred per cent of these 

 feeds equalled or exceeded the manufacturer's guarantee in both 

 protein and fat. 



Barley Feeds. 



Seven samples of barley feeds were analyzed. These feeds 

 averaged to contain 10.30% protein, 2.77% fat, and to retail at 

 $2.80 per one hundred pounds. Eighty-six per cent of these feeds 

 equalled or exceeded the manufacturer's guarantee in both pro- 

 tein and fat. 



