BULL.BTIN 154 



The Feeding-Stuffs Inspection for 19 U. 



In 191 r the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture 

 through the ofHcial inspector turned in 166 samples of feeding- 

 stuffs. Sixty-eight samples were licensed. Twelve of these 

 samples were composed of whole or coarsely ground grains, the 

 nature and composition of which were apparent. Accordingly, 

 a chemical analysis was not made. Thirty samples repre- 

 sented duplicates. Fifty-six samples were analyzed and the 

 results are tabulated in the following table. 



In general the feeds analyzed were in accordance with the 

 guarantee. A number were well above the guarantee while a 

 few were below. As usual the inspector reported a large num- 

 ber of low grade feeds but all of these do not appear in this 

 report. 



At the last session of the New Hampshire legislature the 

 feeding-stuffs law was amended so as to require an inspection 

 of a wider range of feeding-stuffs, also a guarantee of the maxi- 

 mum percentage of crude fiber is now required. The law is 

 still inadequate. If the law were to require a statement of the 

 specific ingredients of which any particular feeding-stuff were 

 compounded the interest of both the consumer and manufac- 

 turers of high grade feeding-stuffs would be protected. A 

 number of states now require a statement of the specific ingre- 

 dients of which a feed is made. New Hampshire consumers of 

 feeding-stuffs should demand a proper revision of the feeding- 

 stuffs law at the next session of the Legislature and secure 

 what some of the neighboring states demand and get. 



The following is a copy of the present New Hampshire 

 feeding-stuffs law. 



Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 

 General Coui^t Convened: 



Section i. That section i of chapter 35, session Laws 

 of 1 90 1, be amended by inserting after the words " and of crude 

 fat," the words and of crude fiber, so that the section a 



