FEEDING STUFFS INSPECTION FOR 1913. 



The samples for the 1913 feeding stuffs inspection were 

 drawn by Mr. H. B. Tuttle for the State Board of Agri- 

 culture. In all, 354 samples were received at the Experi- 

 ment Station. Of these, 41 represented duplicates and 

 samples which did not require a license or analysis. The 

 remaining 313 samples were analyzed. 



The state law regulating the sale of commercial feed- 

 ing-stuffs follows : 



An Act to Regulate the Sale of Concentrated 



C0MMERCL\L FeEDING-STUFFS. 



Section 1. Every manufacturer, company, or person, 

 who shall sell, offer, or expose for sale or for distribution 

 in this state any concentrated commercial feeding-stuff 

 used for feeding farm live stock, shall furnish with each 

 car or other amount shipped in bulk and shall affix to 

 every package of such feeding-stuff, in a conspicuous 

 place on the outside thereof, a plainly printed statement 

 clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds in 

 the package sold or offered for sale, the name or trade- 

 mark under which the article is sold, the name of the 

 manufacturer or shipper, the place of manufacture, the 

 place of business, and a chemical analysis stating the per- 

 centages it contains of' crude protein, allowing one per 

 centum of nitrogen to equal six and one-fourth per centum 

 of protein, of crude fat, and of crude fibre, both con- 

 stituents to be determined by the methods prescribed by 

 the association of official agricultural chemists. When- 

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

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



