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any person who knowingly sells, or offers for sale, any 

 meal or gronnd grain which has been so adulterated un- 

 less the true composition, mixture, or adulteration is 

 plainly marked or indicated upon the package containing 

 the same, or in which it is offered for sale, shall be fined 

 not less than twenty-five or more than one-hundred dol- 

 lars for each oft'ense. 



Sect. 8. "Whenever said secretary becomes cognizant of 

 the violation of any of the provisions of this act he shall 

 prosecute the party or parties thus reported ; but it shall 

 be the duty of said secretary, upon thus ascertaining any 

 violation of this act, to forthwith notify the manufac- 

 turer, importer, or dealer in writing, and give him not 

 less than thirty days thereafter in which to comply with 

 the requirements of this article ; but there shall be no 

 prosecution in relation to the quality of any concentrated 

 commercial feeding-stuff if the same shall be found sub- 

 stantially equivalent to the certified statement named in 

 section 3 of this article. 



Sect. 9. This act shall take effect December first, nine- 

 teen hundred and one. 



Consumers and manufacturers of high-grade feeds 

 should welcome a more thorough inspection than our law 

 now requires. It is not enough to know that a feed con- 

 tains so much crude protein, so much crude fat and so 

 much carbohydrates. There is a vast difference in the 

 digestibility of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, depend- 

 ing on whether they are in the form of low-grade or high- 

 grade products. Therefore the consumer should have a 

 means of knowing the source of the ingredients which go 

 into a feeding-stuff. 



There are found on the market a large number of low- 

 grade compounded feeds. The New Hampshire farmer 

 can afford to buy only the high-grade feeds. The freight 

 and overhead charges are as high on the low-grade com- 



