closely observed, the consumer is often misled as to the true value of 

 a feed by extravagant advertisements, circulars, etc. While there 

 is no provision in the statute covering this matter, the consumer can 

 easily avail himself of the privilege of obtaining the opinion of the 

 experiment station as to the value of any feeding stuff. 



The extent to which the National Pure Food law 

 Federal and aids in preventing adulteration and misrepresenta- 

 State Law. tion where feeds enter into interstate commerce, is 

 perhaps not known and appreciated as it should 

 be. When it is believed that a dealer is offering an adulterated 

 article in good faith and is entirely ignorant of its true nature, co- 

 operation between state and federal officials may lead to the prose- 

 cution of the party responsible for placing the article on the market. 

 In this way the federal law can be of great assistance to those 

 engaged in local control work, but this fact should not be taken to 

 indicate that the responsibility of the retailer is any less, and he 

 should use every means at hand to acquaint himself with the charac- 

 ter of the goods he is handling. 



On account of our increasing population and pre- 

 Use of vailing high prices, it is becoming more and more 



Low Grade necessary to utilize all by-products having any sub- 

 Products, stantial food value in the feeding of our domestic 

 animals. While screenings, weed seeds, oat hulls, 

 corn cobs, cottonseed hulls, and other low grade material may con- 

 tain some nutriment, the foregoing statement should not be taken to 

 indicate that a compounded feed containing one or more of these 

 materials together with some high-grade concentrate is just as valu- 

 able as the high-grade concentrate itself. Where such a mixture is 

 offered at its face value and no misrepresentation attempted, it is 

 certainly a legitimate article of trade and should be so recognized. 

 The writer firmly believes, however, that in order that the consumer 

 may purchase intelligently, the ingredients going to make up a com- 

 pounded feed should be stated on each package ; but no legislation 

 absolutely prohibiting the sale of low grade material should be 

 enacted except in cases where it can be shown that certain kinds of 

 material are poisonous or injurious to the animal. 



