Department of Plant and Animal Chemistry 



J. B. LINDSEY, Chemist. 



Inspection of Commercial Feed Stuffs 



By P. H. Smuh* and P. V. Goldsmuh. 



CONTENTS 



Introduction. 



Standards for Cattle and Poultry Foods. 



Chemical Analyses of Feed Stuffs. 



A Talk about the Inspection. 



Grain Screenings in Feed Stuffs. 



Complete Rations for Dairy Stock. 



Wholesale Cost of Feed Stuffs for 1908. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The purpose of the Massachusetts feed law (Acts 

 Purpose of and Resolves of Massachusetts for 1903, Chap 

 Feed Law. ter 122) is to so regulate the sale of commercial 

 feed stuffs that both the manufacturer and con- 

 sumer may be protected from misrepresentation and fraud. With 

 this object in view every lot or parcel sold, offered or exposed for 



* The writer wishes to acknowledge the valuable suggestions made by Dr. Lindsey, the 

 assistance of Mr. L. S. Walker in making many fiber determinations, and of Mr. G. H. 

 Chapman, assistant botanist, for the microscoi)ical work performed. 



