One sentence in the New Hampshire feedingstuffs law reads as fol- 

 lows: "... and shall state in bold type upon the container or a tag at- 

 tached thereto, if a compounded feed, the names of the several ingredients 

 therein contained." To avoid the misinterpretation or deception which 

 may result from the manufacturer's use of indefinite terms in listing the 

 ingredients, the Association of American Feed Control Officials has 

 adopted 166 official definitions of ingredients used in the compounding of 

 feedingstuffs. These definitions are subject to frequent addition and re- 

 vision. At the present time there are also 39 tentative definitions and 13 

 that have been proposed for future discussion. Tentative definitions are 

 those which have received favorable consideration but have not yet been 

 made official. A 77-page booklet containing the above three classes of def- 

 initions, the 21 general regulations and other instructive material may be 

 obtained from the Secretary of the Association of American Feed Control 

 Officials, College Park, Maryland, at one dollar per copy. The manufac- 

 turer should secure a copy of this booklet and list the ingredients accur- 

 ately. Carelessness or indifference in listing the ingredients should cre- 

 ate sales resistance in the buyer. The purchaser is warranted in conclud- 

 ing that the manufacturer who is inaccurate in specifying the ingredients 

 printed on the tag may also be careless in selecting the ingredients he 

 puts into the bag. 



PURPOSE OF THE FEEDINGSTUFFS LAW 



The chief purpose of the feedingstuffs law is to protect the consumer 

 against the inferior products which would doubtless soon appear on the 

 market if the trade were not under state control. The law is primarily a 

 correct-labeling act. It must not be assumed by the purchaser of feeding- 

 stuffs that every brand which meets the manufacturer's guarantee is a 

 high-grade feed. The feedingstuffs law does not prevent the sale of a low- 

 grade feed if it is properly licensed and tagged and is offered for sale 

 in compliance with the law. It would not be in the. public interest to leg- 

 islate against the sale of the lower-grade by-products. They can be fed 

 profitably if bought at a price adjusted to their feeding value. The law 

 does prevent an inferior 'feed being offered for sale as a high-grade prod- 

 uct. 



The dealer in purchasing feed from the manufacturer, and the con- 

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

 that the feed delivered must comply with the New Hampshire feeding- 

 stuffs law. If the feed is not registered; if the protein, fat, and crude 

 fiber are not guaranteed ; and if the ingredients of which the feed is com- 

 posed are not plainly stated on the bag, or on a tag attached thereto, the 

 purchaser is not protected 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 



