by-products that contain screenings other than those that un- 

 avoidably pass through the rolls with the wheat, should be guar- 

 anteed as containing screenings. 



The terms used in naming the ingredients of a prepared feed- 

 ing stuff should be clear and concise and not lend themselves to 

 a double or misleading interpretation. For example, the term 

 "oil meal" for linseed meal or linseed oil meal; "bran" for wheat 

 bran, "meal" for corn meal, is not definite enough and might 

 mean any kind of oil meal, bran, or meal where only linseed 

 meal, wheat bran and corn meal were intended. "Gluten" or 

 "gluten meal" are terms also often used in place of gluten feed. 

 Gluten meal and gluten feed are quite different in percentage of 

 chemical composition and the names should not be used inter- 

 changeably. 



Attention is also called to the fact that the net weight of the 

 contents of the package must be stated on the guarantee tag. 

 This does not include the weight of the sack. 



The objection has occasionally been made that a state feeding 

 stuffs law discriminates against the local dealer and does not 

 reach the manufacturer who may not reside in Massachusetts. 

 To the writer it does not seem incompatible with good business 

 for the dealer to become familiar with the law and make his 

 contracts for goods subject to Massachusetts inspection and to 

 be tagged in accordance with Massachusetts laws. 



In case of mixed or prepared feeds containing two or more 

 substances the "certified ingredients" are also stated. A micro- 

 scopic examination has shown them to contain substantially the 

 ingredients certified. The following tables should prove of value 

 to the consumer in deciding the most economical feeding stuffs 

 for him to purchase. 



In general, unmixed by-products such as cottonseed meal, lin- 

 seed meal, gluten feed, distillers' grains, corn meal, hominy feed, 

 beet pulp, and the like will prove more economical than many 

 of the prepared mixtures which frequently contain material of 

 inferior feeding value. There are some exceptions to this gen- 

 eral statement and the purchaser need not be misled if he will 

 read the guaranteed list of ingredients which is or should be 

 attached to every package of prepared feeding stuff. 



