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stituents to be determined by the methods prescribed by 

 tlie association of official agricultural chemists. "When- 

 ever any feeding-stuflf is sold at retail in bulk or in pack- 

 ages belonging to the purchaser, the agent or dealer, upon 

 request of the purchaser, shall furnish to him the certified 

 statement named in this section. 



Sect. 2. The term "concentrated commercial feeding- 

 stuffs," as used in this act, shall include linseed meals, 

 cottonseed meals, pea meals, cocoanut meals, gluten meals, 

 gluten feeds, maize feeds, starch feeds, sugar feeds, dried 

 brewer's grains, malt sprouts, hominy feeds, cerealine 

 feeds, rice meals, oat feeds, corn and oat chops, wheat, 

 rye and buckwheat bran and middlings, ground beef, or 

 fish scraps, mixed feeds and all other materials of similar 

 nature ; but shall not include hays and straws, the whole 

 seeds nor the unmixed meals made directly from the en- 

 tire grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, Indian corn, buck- 

 wheat and broom corn. 



Sect. 3. Before any manufacturer, company, or person 

 shall sell, offer, or expose for sale in this state any con- 

 centrated commercial feeding-stuffs, he or they shall, for 

 each and every feeding-stuff bearing a distinguishing 

 name or trademark, file annually during the month of 

 December with the secretary of the board of agriculture 

 a certified copy of the statement specified in the preceding 

 section, said certified copy to be accompanied, when the 

 secretary shall so request, by a sealed glass jar or bottle 

 containing at least one pound of the feeding-stuff to be 

 sold or offered for sale, and the companj' or person fur- 

 nishing said sample shall thereupon make affidavit that 

 said sample corresponds within reasonable limits to the 

 feeding-stuff which it represents, in the percentage of 

 protein and fat which it contains. 



Sect. 4. Each manufacturer, importer, agent, or seller 

 of any concentrated commercial feeding-stuffs, shall pay 

 annually during the month of December to the secretary 



