guarantee. Fifty-three brands, or 11.4 per cent, were below guarantee in 

 fat. Twenty-two of these were less than one-fourth per cent below 

 guarantee. Twenty-six brands, or 5.6 per cent, contained an excessive 

 amount of crude fiber. Forty-seven brands were below guarantee 

 in carbohydrates. Twenty brands failed to carry the carbohydrates 

 guarantee. 



In the analysis of a feeding stuff, the percentage of carbohydrates 

 is usually determined indirectly. It is found by subtracting the sum of 

 the percentages of protein, fat, moisture and ash from 100. It is obvious 

 that an excess of protein or fat over the manufacturer's guarantee de- 

 creases the percentage of carbohydrates found. Nearly all of this year's 

 carbohydrates deficiencies are due to the protein or fat or both exceeding 

 the guarantee. This fact, and the fact that New Hampshire was the only 

 state still requiring the carbohydrates guarantee, led the Commissioner 

 of Agriculture to request the last Legislature to delete the clause requiring 

 the carbohydrates guarantee from the feeding stuffs law. Accordingly, 

 the law was so amended, effective February 26, 1941. 



In the tabulation of the analytical figures, p. 10 to p. 56 inclusive, 

 those figures one-half per cent or more below guarantee in protein, 

 one-fourth per cent or more below guarantee in fat, and one per cent 

 or more above guarantee in crude fiber are printed in bold-face type. 

 Since nearly 400 of the 466 brands analyzed were drawn before the 

 passing of the amendment, effective February 26, 1941, the presentation 

 of the analytical data conforms to the law in effect previous to the passing 

 of the amendment. 



Table I shows the percentage of samples failing to conform to the 

 guarantee in each of the last sixteen years. 



