Circular No. 34. (Superseding No. 17.) June, 1912 



MASSfiCHOSETTS AGRICULTyEI EXPERIMENT STATION 



AMHERST 



DEPARTMENT OF PLANT AND ANIMAL CHEMISTRY 



J. B. LINDSEY, Chemist. 



An Act to regulate the sale and analysis of food stuff 



USED for feeding LIVE STOCK AND POULTRY. 



[Acts and Resolves for 1912, Chapter 527.] 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. In this act, unless the 



Definitions context otherwise requires: — The 



of Terms term "commercial feeding stuff" shall 



include all feeding stuff used for 



feeding live stock and poultry and containing not more than 



sixty per cent of water, except whole seeds or grains, and the 



unmixed meals made directly from the entire grains of corn, 



wheat, rye, barley, oats, buckwheat, flaxseed, kafir, and milo, 



whole hays, whole straws, unground cotton seed hulls and unground 



corn stover when unmixed with other materials. 



The temi "cattle feed" shall include all materials used for 

 feeding live stock and poultry. 



"Brand" shall mean any commercial feeding stuff or cattle feed 

 distinctive by reason of name, trade-mark or guaranteed analysis 

 or by any method of marking. 



"Crude protein" shall mean the percentage of nitrogen multi- 

 plied by the factor six and twenty-five one hundredths. 



"Copy" shall mean certified copy. 



"Feeding stuff" shall mean commercial feeding stuff. 



"Importer" shall mean a person who procures for sale or dis- 

 tribution in this commonwealth commercial feeding stuff or cattle 

 feed from other states or countries. 



"Label" shall mean printed label. 



"Package" shall include sacks and bags, tins, boxes, jars, and 

 similar receptacles. 



"Person" shall include a corporation or partnership of two or 

 more persons having a joint or common interest. 



"Tag" shall mean printed tag. 



