1912.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 31. 63 



5. IvEroiJT OF THE Feed and Daihy Section. 

 Mr. P. 11. Sniitli submits the following : — 



The Feed Law {Acts and Resolves for 190S, Chapter 122). 



During the year 733 samples of feeding stutfs have been col- 

 lected and examined. A regularly employed inspector covers 

 the State at intervals during the year, collects samples and as- 

 certains if the provisions of the law are being complied with. 

 Protein, fat, fiber and in some instances moisture and ash deter- 

 minations are made. It is a matter of satisfaction to note that 

 practically all feeding stuiis are as represented. This state- 

 ment should not be interpreted to mean that all feeding stuffs 

 offered are of good quality, but that all articles in the market 

 correspond to the guarantee placed upon them. 



Violations of Law. ■ — The principal violation of the law as 

 heretofore has been that local dealers, either through careless- 

 ness or through the neglect of shippers to furnish tags, fail to 

 guarantee. The experiment station, through its representative, 

 does what it can to prevent violations of this character. In 

 order that the law may be fully enforced in this respect, the 

 co-operation of consumers is needed. The consumer can be of 

 material assistance by insisting that all feeding stuffs that he 

 purchases, wdth the exception of wheat by-products and ground 

 whole grains, shall bear the guaranteed analysis together with 

 the name and address of the manufacturer. 



It is believed that adulteration is seldom practiced. There 

 are some feedstuff's on the market to which low-grade products 

 are occasionally added. Wheat feeds and hominy feed to which 

 ground corn cobs have been added are of this character. The 

 manufacturers ship these goods with the proper guarantee, but 

 they occasionally reach the consumer with the tags removed. It 

 seems evident that the local dealer is responsible for this, desir- 

 ing to conceal the real identity of the article. The purchaser 

 should not without careful investigation purchase wheat feeds or 

 hominy feeds that are unguaranteed or that are offered very 

 much below the ruling price. 



New Law. — The officers in charge of the feeding stuffs law 

 have felt for some time that the present law was inadequate to 



