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dence or the patronage of the consumer. The purchaser's 

 co-operation in refusing- to l)uy a feed which does not conform 

 to the hiw in every resjx-ct will not only help in the enforce- 

 ment of the law but will at the same time afford the purchaser 

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

 himself that the legal recjuirements have been met, he accepts 

 the feeding stuff at his own risk. 



How Cost Of Inspect-mn Affects Price 



The cost of the feeding stuffs inspection includes the 

 drawing and the analysis of the samples, and the publication 

 of the annual Ijullctin. U is charged to the funds paid by the 

 manufaeturer 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 ihe latest available figures | 

 of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department 

 of Commerce, the retail price of the commercial feeds con- 

 sumed annually in the state is in excess of seven million dol- 

 lars. A calculation based on this valuation and the known i 

 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. 



Somples Failing To Comply With the Low 



One hundred seventy-six of the 495 brands analyzed failed 

 to comply with the law in every resj^ect, violating it on 221 

 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. ,l 



Thirty-lour brands, or G.9 per cent, were below guarantee 

 in protein. Fourteen of these were less than one-half per cent 

 below guarantee, l^levcn were more than one-half per cent 

 but less than one ))er cent below guarantee. Nine were below 

 guarantee more than one per cent. The greatest protein de- 

 ficiency Avas 1.91 per cent. 



Sixty-four brands, or 12.9 per cent, were below guarantee 

 in fat. Thirty-one of these were less than one-fourth per cent 



