The duty of the inspector is to visit the places 



Inspector's where feeds are on sale, see that the requirements 



Duties. of the law are observed and to take samples of 



the different brands and forward the same to the 



laboratory for examination. 



The samples are drawn by means of a sampling 



How samples tube which removes a core from the entire length 



are taken. of the sack. The number of sacks sampled 



depends upon the amount in stock. A sample 



in order to be considered representative should be drawn from at 



least lo bags. The portions removed from the several sacks are 



thoroughly mixed and a part of this mixture or composite placed in 



a bottle and sent to the experiment station. A blank form, a copy 



of which is reproduced below, is filled out and attached to each 



sample collected. 



Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station 



AMHERST. MASS. 



Brand 



Mfd. hy ' 



Guar.: Protein Fat _ 



Coll. of 



Xet Weight Ton Price 



Collector [Date 



Sa.v in .stock Sa.x s(nn]jlecl_ 



Tf 'itiieas 



During the past year 895 samples of feed stuffs 



Work of the have been collected, 489 of which are reported in 



Present Year. this bulletin. It not being possible to issue 



more than one feed bulletin annually, the analyses 

 of those feeds collected early in the year with the exception of cot- 

 tonseed meals were reported to manufacturers only, with such com- 

 ments and suggestions as the results warranted. In case it is not 

 possible to publish the results of the examination of inferior feed 

 stuffs in the regular bulletins, the public will be fully informed of 

 conditions by circulars, newspaper articles and by correspondence. 



