with the privilege of taking samples. In 1902 the old law was re- 

 pealed and the present law substituted, requiring that all feeding 

 stuffs sold or offered for sale in Massachusetts should have affixed 

 to each package in a conspicuous place the following information : 



1. Name and address of the manufapturer or person responsi- 

 ble for placing the commodity on the market. 



2. The net weight of the contents of the package. 



3. The guaranteed minimum percentage of crude protein and 

 of crude fat that the feeding stuff contains. 



4. In case of adulteration the name of the foreign substance 

 must be plainly printed upon each sack or parcel. 



The feeding stuffs exempted from the provisions of the act are 

 hays and straws, the whole seeds and unmixed meals made directly 

 from the entire grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, Indian corn, buck- 

 wheat and broom corn, wheat bran, wheat middlings, wheat mixed 

 feed. Whole gi"ains when ground together and unmixed with other 

 substances are also exempt. 



Profiting by the experience of the pioneer states, other states 

 have now enacted superior control laws. It is felt that the Mass- 

 achusetts law should be revised and brought up to date. It is in- 

 tended to present a new law to the next session of the legislature for 

 their consideration which will embody the following additional 

 f eatiu-es : 



1. Revenue. An increase of revenue for the more satisfac- 

 tory execution of the law. 



2. Fiber. In addition to the guaranteed minimum per cent 

 of protein and fat, the maximum fiber guarantee will be asked for. 

 Protein and fiber are a much better index for determining the value 

 of a feeding stuff than protein and fat. 



3. A statement of the ingredients contained in mixed or com- 

 pounded feeds. The fiber guarantee and statement of ingredients 

 are included in the requirements of all of the more recently enacted 

 laws and, in fact, many feed stuffs manufacttu-ed in other states 

 and found on sale in Massachusetts have tags attached which give 

 this information. 



How much grain does the purchaser get for one hundred 

 pounds? A large number of manufacturers make a practice of in- 

 cluding the sack in the net weight of the package. This makes a 



