INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FEEDINGSTUFFS 



Made for the 

 STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The Commissioner of Agriculture administers the New Hampshire 

 Commercial Feedingstuffs Law. Every individual or firm expecting to sell 

 feed products in New Hampshire should obtain a copy of the leaflet "New 

 Hampshire Commercial Feed Law and Rules and Regulations." Requests 

 for this leaflet and all inquiries concerning the law and the registration of 

 feedingstuffs should be addressed to the attention of the Feed Control 

 Supervisor, State House, Concord, New Hampshire. 



In carrying- out the provisions of the law during the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1956, 702 official samples were collected under the direction of 

 Honorable Perley L. Fitts, Commissioner of Agriculture. The samples which 

 were collected by the Control Supervisor, Mr. George H. Laramie and the 

 Assistant Control Supervisor, Mr. Harold Ayer, were submitted to this 

 laboratory for analysis. In addition to the authors, credit should be given 

 to Mrs. Fay Becker, Technician in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry 

 for performing a part of the analyses reported in this bulletin. 



THE LAW 



The New Hampshire Commercial Feed Law, Chapter 226 of the Laws 

 of the State of New Hampshire, conforms closely to the Uniform Feed Bill 

 proposed by the Association of American Feed Control Officials. It is in the 

 best interest of the purchaser of feedingstuffs as well as the feed manu- 

 facturer that he become familiar with the requirements of the law. 



It is not the purpose of this bulletin to discuss the law in detail, but to 

 point out certain requirements of the law. It is a report of the official 

 analyses of the samples submitted. 



Registration: Each brand of commercial feed offered for sale in the 

 state must be registered with the Feed Control Supervisor. Forms are pro- 

 vided for that purpose by his office in Concord, New Hampshire. 



The term "commercial feed" refers to "all materials which are dis- 

 tributed for use as feed for animals, other than man, and for wild birds 

 kept in captivity, except (1) unmixed whole seeds, and meals made 

 directly from the entire seeds, (2) unground hay, and (3) whole or ground 

 straw, stover, silage, cobs and hulls when not mixed with other materials." 



The feedingstuff is usually registered by the manufacturer or jobber, 

 whether he is located within or outside the state. Feedingstuffs manu- 

 factured in other states are frequently handled by several middlemen be- 

 fore they reach the local distributor. Under the provisions of the law, if the 

 manufacturer or jobber fails to make registration, the dealer is responsible. 

 Dealers who purchase feed for resale should assure themselves that the 

 brands they purchase are properly registered and the license fee paid: 

 otherwise, they must assume that responsibility. 



