June, 1919] inspection of feeding stuffs 



incurred in making the inspection required by this act and en- 

 forcing the provisions thereof. The commissioner of agricukure 

 shall report annually to the governor and council the amount re- 

 ceived pursuant to this act and the expense incurred for salaries, 

 laboratory expenses, chemical supplies, traveling expenses, print- 

 ing, and other necessary matters. Whenever the manufacturer, 

 importer, or shipper of concentrated commercial feeding-stuffs 

 shall have filed the statement required by Section 1 of this act and 

 paid the analysis fee as prescribed in this section, no agent or 

 seller of such manufacturer, importer, or shipper shall be re- 

 quired to file such statement or pay such fee. 



Sect. 5. The commissioner of agriculture shall annually 

 cause to be analyzed at the New Hampshire College Agricultural 

 Experiment Station at least one sample, to be taken in the manner 

 hereinafter prescribed, of every concentrated commercial feed- 

 ing-stuff sold or offered for sale under the provisions of this 

 act. Said commissioner shall cause a sample to be taken not ex- 

 ceeding two pounds in weight, for such analysis, from any lot 

 or package of such commercial feeding-stuff which may be in the 

 possession of any manufacturer, importer, agent, or seller in 

 this State. Said sample shall be drawn in the presence of the par- 

 ties in interest, or their representatives, and taken from a parcel 

 or a number of packages, which shall not be less than ten per 

 cent, of the whole lot sampled, and shall be thoroughly mixed, 

 and then divided into two equal samples and placed in glass viols 

 and carefully sealed, and a label placed on each stating the name 

 of the party from whose stock the sample was drawn and the 

 time and place of drawing, and said label shall also be signed by 

 the person taking the sample and by the party or parties in interest, 

 or their representatives, at the drawing and sealing of said sam- 

 ples. One of said duplicate samples shall be retained by the com- 

 missioner and the other by the party whose stock was sampled, 

 and the sample or samples retained by the commissioner shall be 

 for comparison with the certified statement named in section 3 

 of this act. The result of the analysis of the sample or samples 

 so procured, together with such additional information as circum- 

 stances advise, shall be promptly published in reports of bulletins 

 by the commissioner of agriculture or by the New Hampshire 

 College Agricultural Experiment Station, as the governor and 

 council may determine. 



Sect. 6. Any manufacturer, importer, or person who shall 

 sell, offer, or expose for sale or for distribution in this state any 

 concentrated commercial feeding-stuff, without complying with 

 the requirements of this act, or any feeding-stuff which contains 

 substantially a smallei: percentage of the constituents than are 

 certified to be contained, shall, on conviction in a court of com- 



