used in the compounding of feedingstuffs. These definitions are 

 subject to frequent addition and revision. At the present time 

 there are also 20 tentative definitions and 12 that have been proposed 

 for future discussion. Tentative definitions are those which have 

 received favorable consideration but have not yet been made official. 

 A 138-page booklet containing the above three classes of definitions, 

 26 general regulations, five tentative regulations, 26 resolutions 

 adopted and other instructive material may be obtained from the 

 Secretary of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, 

 College Park, Maryland. The manufacturer should secure a copy of 

 this booklet and list the ingredients accurately. Carelessness or in- 

 difference in listing the ingredients should create sales resistance 

 in the buyer. The purchaser is warranted in concluding that the 

 manufacturer who is inaccurate in specifying the ingredients printed 

 on the tag may 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 doubtless would 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 feedingstuffs 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 legislate 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 pre- 

 vent an inferior feed being offered for sale as a high-grade product. 



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 Hamp- 

 shire feedingstuffs 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 composed 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 not been registered and 

 which is not guaranteed in compliance with the law is probably indif- 

 ferent to his customer's interests in other respects. He does not 

 merit either the confidence or the patronage of the consumer. The 

 purchaser's cooperation in refusing to buy a feed which does not 

 conform to the law in every respect will not only help in the enforce- 

 ment of the law but will at the same time afford the purchaser him- 

 self the protection of the law. If the buyer fails to assure himself 

 that the legal requirements have been met, he accepts the feeding- 

 stuff at his own risk. The terms used in reporting the chemical 

 analysis of a feedingstuff are briefly defined as follows: 



Protein is a collective term for a considerable group of com- 

 pounds, all of which contain nitrogen. Ingredients high in protein 



