INSrECTIOJ^ OF FEEDING-STUFFS 



ABSTRACT OF FEEDING-STUFF STATUTE. 



Tlie state Legislature of 1901 passed an act to regulate 

 the sale of concentrated commercial feeding-stuffs. 



The points of the law of most interest to the consumer are 

 concisely stated below. 



Kinds of Feed coming ivitJiin the Law. The law applies 

 to all feeding-stuffs, except hays and straws; whole seeds 

 and meals of w^heat, rye, barley, oats, Indian corn, buck- 

 wheat and broom corn; brans and middlings. The prin- 

 cipal feeds coming under the provisions of the law are lin- 

 seed meals, cotton-seed meals, pea meals, cocoanut meals, 

 gluten meals, gluten feeds, maize feeds, starch feeds, sugar 

 feeds, dried brewers' grains, malt sprouts, hominy feeds, 

 eerealine feeds, rice meals, oat feeds, corn and oat chops, 

 ground beef or fish scraps, mixed feeds and all other mate- 

 rials of similar nature. 



The Brand. Each package of feeding-stuff included within 

 the law shall have affixed, conspicuously printed, the fol- 

 lowing statements: 



The number of net pounds contained in the package. 



The name or trademark under which it is sold. 



The name of the manufacturer or shipper. 



The place of manufacture. 



The place of business of manufacturer or shipper. 



The percentage of crude protein. 



The percentage of crude fat. 

 These statements may be printed directly on the bag or on a 

 tag attached to the package. 



Analysis. The secretary of the Board of Agriculture is 

 required to collect and analyze each year at least one sample 

 of each of the brands of feeding-stuffs coming within the 

 provisions of the act, and publish the results, together with 

 related matter, from time to time. 



