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INSPECTION OF COMMERCI ^L 

 FEEDING-STUFFS 



ANALYSES OF COMMERCIAL FEEDjx^G-STUFFS 



COLLECTED BY THE COMMISSIO "^.R OF 



AGRICULTURE, 1923. 



INTRODUCTION 



The New Hampshire Feeding-Stuffs law require ohat 

 before feeds may be offered or exposed for sale i"" tic tate 

 they must be registered with the Commissioner Ox cul- 



ture. The feeds must also be properly hi^^eler' jho: che 



minimum percentage only of protein, fat md :ir ^ ates 

 and the maximum percentage of crude fiber. The v t of 

 the law is to have the feeding-stuffs correctly labr .d in 

 order that the purchaser may know the kind of f-' he is 

 buying. In order to enforce the law t' ; Commut;- ' ler of 

 Agriculture directs the State Inspector o visit th^ arious 

 feed warehouses throughout the state, allect samp as and 

 submit them to the Agricultural Exp .riment Station for 

 analysis. 



This report deals with the inspection of commercial 

 feeding-stuffs for the year 1923, made under the direction 

 of the Honorable Andrew L. Felker, Commissioner of Ag- 

 riculture. Mr. E. D. Sanborn, State Inspector, visited 

 most of the feed warehouses in the state and collected 261 

 samples of feeds. 



QUALITY OF FEEDING-STUFFS ANALYZED. 



The relative number of feeds in the respective classes 

 is similar to that of the past two seasons. There is a de- 

 crease in the number of oil meals and an increase in the 

 dairy feeds. The quality of the feeding-stuffs shows a 



