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economic one, especially for the New England feeder, who, 

 nnder our climatic conditions, e^n easily raise a sufficient quan- 

 tity of carbohydrates and must depend largely upon purchased 

 protein to balance or round out the ration, particularly in the 

 feeding of dairy animals. 



(3) Weight of Feed Stuffs. 

 Up to this time we have paid but little attention to the weight 

 of feed stuffs. Data recently brought together show that while 

 the feed law states explicitly that the net wciglit of each pack- 

 age should be stated, the practice has been, except in a few 

 instances, to state gross Aveight as net. When feed stuffs sold 

 for $15 a ton and less, the difference in vahie between net 

 and gross weight of sacked feeds amounted to comparatively 

 little, but at the present time the " value difference " is much 

 greater. In a few instances what appear to l)e a deliberate at- 

 tempt to give short weight was noted, and consumers should 

 be on their guard against such deceptiou. 



(4) Unifonii Fcnl Lnir. 

 It was the writer's pleasure to attend, during September, a 

 conference between a committee of the iVmerican Feed Manu- 

 facturers' Association and State control officials, held at Wash- 

 ington, in the interests of a uniform feed stuffs law. The 

 decision of the conference was that such a law should be as 

 simple as possible, and that a buyer of any feed stuffs should 

 be informed of the following points : — 



1, The number of net pounds in the package. 



2. Name, brand or trademark. 



8. Name and principal address of the manufacturer or jobber 

 responsible for placing the commodity on the market. 



4. Its chemical analysis expressed in the following terms: 

 {a) minimum ]>ercentage of crude protein, {h) minimum per- 

 centage of crude fat, and (c) maximum percentage of crude 

 fiber. 



5. If a compound or mixed feed, the specific nauie of each 

 ingredient therein. 



The Massachusetts law does not require a guarantee of fiber 

 or a statement of ingredients in a compounded feed, and it is 



