July, 1940 J INSPECTION of FEa^DiNo Stuffs S 



cents per copy. The manufacturer should secure a copy of one 

 of these booklets and list the ingredients accurately. Careless- 

 ness or indifference in listing the ingredients should create 

 sales resistance in the buyer. The purchaser is warranted in 

 concluding that the manufacturer who is inaccurate in nam- 

 ing the ingredients printed on the tag will be equally inac- 

 curate in selecting the ingredients he puts into the bag. 



Purpose Of The Feeding Stuffs Lcsw 



The chief purpose of the feeding stuffs law is to protect 

 the consumer against the inferior products which would doubt- 

 less soon appear on the market if the trade were not under 

 state control. The law is primarily a correct-labeling act. It 

 must not be assumed by the purchaser of feeding stuffs that 

 every brand which meets the manufacturer's guarantee is a 

 high-grade feed. The feeding stuffs law does not prevent the 

 sale of a low-grade feed if it is properly licensed and tagged 

 and is offered for sale in compliance with the law. It would 

 not be in the public interest to legislate against the sale of the 

 lower-grade by-products. They can be fed profitably if bought 

 at a price adjusted to their feeding value. The' law does pre- 

 vent an inferior feed being oft'ered for sale as a high-grade 

 product. 



The dealer in purchasing feed from the manufacturer, and 

 the consumer in purchasing feed from the dealer, should make 

 these specifications : "The feed delivered on this order must 

 comply with the New Hampshire feeding stuffs law. If the 

 feed is not registered ; if the protein,, fat, carbohydrates and 

 crude fiber are not guaranteed; and if the ingredients of which 

 the feed is composed are not plainly stated on the bag, or on 

 a tag attached thereto, the purchaser is not protected by the 

 state feeding stuffs law. He has no recourse under the feeding 

 stuffs law if the feed which he purchases is of inferior quality. 

 The dealer who oft'ers 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 in- 

 terests in other respects. He does not merit either the confi- 



