HOW COST OF INSPECTION AFFECTS PRICE 



The cost of a feedingstuff inspection includes the drawing and 

 the analysis of the samples, and the publication and mailing of the 

 annual bulletin. The funds from which these costs are paid are 

 accumulated from the license fees which the manufacturer is required 

 to pay annually on each brand of feedingstuff offered for sale within 

 the state. Since manufacturing and distributing costs are finally 

 paid by the consumer, the purchaser of feeding stuffs is interested 

 in the effect of the cost of the inspection on the retail price per ton. 

 A calculation based on the known costs of the inspection and the 

 estimated retail value of the feedingstuffs sold annually shows that 

 the cost of the inspection is only a fraction of a cent per 100-pound 

 bag. 



CONFORMITY TO THE GUARANTEES 



The chemical analyses were made by the methods of the Associa- 

 tion of Official Agricultural Chemists. No sample was drawn from 

 less than 10 bags. Of the 604 brands analyzed, 7.4 per cent con- 

 tained less than the guaranteed amount of protein; 5.8 per cent 

 contained less than the guaranteed amount of fat, and 13.6 per cent 

 contained crude fiber in excess of the guarantee. A comparison of 

 these figures with those of previous years is shown in Table I.. 



Resolution 16, p. 14 of the Official Publication of the Association 

 of American Feed Control Officials, reads in part "that urea is to be 

 used only in such limited quantities as to insure the total amount 

 present shall not exceed 3% of the (grain) ration." Eight brands 

 contained urea as one of the ingredients. None exceeded the 3 per 

 cent urea permitted under the resolution. 



All the 48 states have feedingstuff laws. All publish an inspection 

 report. About one-half the states indicate by different type those 

 brands which fail by an arbitrary tolerance to conform to the 

 guarantee. There is no common agreement what this tolerance should 

 be. In this bulletin the analytical figures one-half per cent or more 

 below guarantee in protein, one-fourth per cent or more below 

 guarantee in fat, and one per cent or more above guarantee in crude 

 fiber are printed in boldface type. The object of the bold-face type 

 is to make it easier for the purchaser to see which brands do not come 

 within this tolerance. 



