INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FEEDSTUFFS 



By Feed Control Service Staff: 



Philip H. Smith,! Official Chemist Henry B. Rodman, Junior Chemist 



in Charge Frederick A. McLaughlin, Microscopisl 



John W. Kuzmeski, Official Chemist James T. Howard, Inspector 



Albert F. Spelman, Senior Chemist Joseph A. Martell, Technical Assistan 



C. Tyson Smith, Assistant Chemist Cora B. Grover, Senior Clerk 



'Retired. 



This publication contains the analysis of official samples of ready mixed feeds 

 found on the Massachusetts markets between September 1, 1945, and April 1, 

 1946. While feed ingredients were to some extent sampled and analyzed, the 

 results are not published on account of the small volume found. Many brands 

 of feed new to the Massachusetts markets were offered, owing in most instances 

 to the fact that the manufacturers best known to New England were often com- 

 pelled to hunt out new sources of supply so urgently needed. These were regis- 

 tered under the original manufacturer's name. 



Compliance with guarantees was remarkable when the scarcity of some in- 

 gredients, especially protein concentrates, is considered. At times attached 

 guarantees did not match either the registration or the contents of the sack, 

 which can be considered excusable when the vital problem was to get feed into 

 the market rather than to hold it until correct guarantee labels could be secured. 



Nutritional knowledge is far ahead of the requirements of any feed law. The 

 present statute should be revised in order to give recognition to the advance in 

 nutritional science. The present statute is based entirely on guarantees of pro- 

 tein, fat, fiber, and ingredient content. Frequently, feeding stuffs carry guaran- 

 tees of vitamin and mineral ingredient content. No protection under the law is 

 afforded from the manufacturer who chooses to misrepresent the facts in these 

 respects. 



While not of immediate interest to Control Service, have not feed conditions 

 during the war and in the period immediately following suggested to Massachu- 

 setts dairy and poultry farmers that even greater attention must be paid to home 

 grown feeds? For the last fifty years a greater and greater dependence has been 

 placed upon western grain products which under the circumstances has proved 

 economical. Such supplies are now practically out of the market, whether per- 

 manently or temporarily, no one knows. With improved roughage and more 

 attention to grain crops, especially corn, it is believed that the need for purchased 

 grain can be greatlj^ reduced. Such practice may eventually prove a necessity. 



In setting up the analysis tables an attempt has been made to use the guaran- 

 tees actually attached to the commodity rather than to use the registered guaran- 

 tees which may have been changed several times during the period of registra- 

 tion because of the scarcity of some ingredients ordinarily used. Where the 

 name of a firm or part of the firm name has been used as the brand name this 

 has been omitted in the tables unless in the listing some confusion might be 

 caused by the omission. 



