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if the feed which he purchases is of inferior quality. The 

 dealer who offers for sale a feeding stuff which has not been 

 registered and which is not guaranteed in compliance with the 

 law is probably indifferent to his customer's interests in other 

 respects. He does not merit either the confidence or the 

 patronage of the consumer. The purchaser's co-operation in 

 refusing to buy a feed which does not conform to the law in 

 every respect will not only help in the enforcement of the law 

 but will at the same time aft'ord the purchaser himself the 

 protection of the law. If the buyer fails to assure himself 

 that the legal requirements have been met, he accepts the 

 feeding stuff at his own risk. 



HOW DOES THE COST OF THE INSPECTION 

 AFFECT THE PRICE PER TON 



The cost of the feeding stuffs inspection includes the 

 drawing and the analysis of the samples, and the publication 

 of the annual bulletin. It is charged to the funds paid by the 

 manufacturer in license fees. Since this cost is finally paid 

 by the purchaser, he is interested in the effect of these costs 

 on the retail price per ton. According to the latest available 

 figures of the Bureau of the Census of the United States 

 Department of Commerce, the cost of the commercial feeds 

 consumed annually in the state is in excess of seven million 

 dollars. A calculation based on this valuation and the known 

 costs of the inspection shows the cost to the purchaser is less 

 than four cents per ton of feed, a fraction of a cent i)er one 

 hundred pound bag. 



NUMBER OF SAMPLES FAILING TO COMPLY 

 WITH THE LAW 



One hundred ninety-two of the 485 brands anal\zed failed 

 to comply with the law in every respect, violating it on 248 

 counts. More than ninety per cent of the violations, however, 

 are negligible if considered on the basis of the value of the 

 feed to the purchaser. 



Twenty-five brands, or 5.2 per cent, were below guarantee 



