Control Officials has adopted 217 official definitions of ingredients 

 used in the compounding of feedingstuffs. These definitions are 

 subject to frequent addition and revision. At the present time there 

 are also 31 tentative definitions and 20 that have been proposed for 

 future discussion. Tentative definitions are those which have received 

 favorable consideration but have not yet been made official. A 150- 

 page booklet containing the above three classes of definitions, 22 

 general regulations, three tentative regulations, 21 resolutions 

 adopted, and other instructive material may be obtained from the 

 Secretary of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, Col- 

 lege 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 manu- 

 facturer 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 FEEDINGSTUFF LAW 



The chief purpose of the feedingstuff law is to protect the con- 

 sumer 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 manu- 

 facturer's guarantee is a high-grade feed. The feedingstuff 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 prevent an in- 

 ferior feed being offered for sale as a high-grade product. 



The dealer, iii 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 feedingstuff 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 

 feedingstuff law. He then has no recourse under the feedingstuff 

 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 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 secure for 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. The terms used in reporting the chemical analysis of a 

 feedingstuff are briefly defined as follows : 



