The dealer in purchasing feed from the manufacturer, and the consumer 

 in purchasing feed from the dealer, should make the specification that the 

 feed delivered must comply with the New Hampshire feedingstuffs.law. If 

 the feed is not registered; if the protein, fat, and crude fiber are not guaran- 

 teed; and if the ingredients of which the feed is composed are not plainly 

 stated on the bag, or on a tag attached thereto, the purchaser is not, pro- 

 tected by the state feedingstuffs law. He then has no recourse under the 

 feedingstuffs law if the feed which he purchases is of inferior quality. The 

 dealer who offers for sale a feedingstuff which has not been registered and 

 which is not guaranteed in compliance with the law is probably indifferent 

 to his customer's interests in other respects. He does not merit either the 

 confidence or the patronage of the consumer. The purchaser's co-operation 

 in refusing to buy a feed which does not conform to the law in every respect 

 will not only help in the enforcement of the law but will at the same time 

 afford the purchaser himself the protection of the law. If the buyer fails to 

 assure himself that the legal requirements have been met, he accepts the 

 feedingstuff at his own risk. 



Forty-six of the forty-eight states have a feedingstuffs law. The Associa- 

 tion of American Feed Control Officials has drafted a Proposed Uniform 

 Feed Law for the guidance of the state legislative bodies in amending present 

 laws. If the forty-six state laws do not require uniform guarantees, inter- 

 state trade in feedingstuffs is restricted. Since some of the ingredients of 

 feedingstuffs are not produced in all the states, it is. not in the interest of the 

 consumer to impose legal restrictions to interstate shipments. The New 

 Hampshire feedingstuffs law was amended effective February 26, 1941 to 

 omit the words, "the minimum percentage only of carbohydrates." Previous 

 to the passing of this amendment which conforms to the Proposed Uniform 

 Feed Law, New Hampshire was the only state requiring the carbohydrates 

 guarantee. The analytical figures in this bulletin are identically the same 

 values as those reported in 1941 and in previous years; but are presented in 

 a different form to meet the requireme^its of the amended law. Nitrogen 

 free extract is shown instead of carbohydrates. Total carbohydrates may be 

 found by adding the nitrogen free extract and the crude fiber. The terms 

 used in reporting the chemical analysis of a feedingstuff are briefiy defined 

 as follows: 



Protein is a collective term for a considerable group of compounds, all 

 of which contain nitrogen. Ingredients high in protein are usually more ex- 

 pensive than the other ingredients, making protein the most important 

 nutrient for consideration in determining the commercial value of a feeding- 

 stuff. The nutritional value of the proteins varies widely; therefore a feed- 



