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 prevent an inferior feed being offered for sale as a high-grade 

 product. 



The dealer in purchasing feed from the manufacturer, and the con- 

 sumer in purchasing feed from the dealer, should make the specification 

 that the feed delivered must comply with the New Hampshire feeding 

 stuffs law. If the feed is not registered; if the protein, fat, and crude 

 fiber are not guaranteed; and if the ingredients of which the feed is com- 

 posed 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 then has 

 no recourse under the feeding stuffs law 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 afford 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 Cost of Inspection Affects Price 



The cost of the feeding stuft's 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 retail price 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 per 

 one hundred pound bag. 



Samples Failing- to Comply with the Law 



Of the 466 brands analyzed. 17 brands or 3.6 per cent, were below 

 guarantee in protein. Five of these were less than one-half per cent below 



