brand of feedingstuff offered for sale within the state. Since manufactur- 

 ing and distributing costs are finally paid by the consumer, the purchaser 

 of feeding-stuffs is interested in the effect of the cost of the inspection on 

 the retail price per ton. The sixteenth census of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Commerce under the heading, specified farm expenditures, 1939, 

 reports the retail value of feeds for domestic animals and poultry sold in 

 New Hampshire in that year as $7,619,245. A calculation based on this 

 valuation, and the known costs of the inspection, shows that the cost to 

 purchasers is less than four cents per ton of feed, a fraction of a cent per 

 100-pound bag. The 1939 figure for the retail value of feedingstuff sold 

 annually in the state is used, since it is the most recent authoritative figure 

 available. It is estimated the present figure is approximately double that 

 amount. 



SAMPLES FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW 



Of the 233 brands analyzed, 40 brands, or 17.2 per cent, were below 

 the guaranteed amount of protein. Twenty-One of these were less than 

 one-half per cent below guarantee. Seventy-one brands, or 30.4 per cent, 

 were below guarantee in fat. Forty-six of these were less than one-fourth 

 per cent below guarantee. Sixteen brands, or 6.9 per cent, contained an 

 excessive amount of crude fiber. 



In the tabulation of the analytical figures (p. 10 to p. 18 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. 



The ingredients are not included this year. One reason for the omis- 

 sion is to save paper and printing costs. Another reason is that an enum- 

 eration of the ingredients would be somewhat inaccurate this year since the 

 manufacturers have had to make formula substitutions when some ingre- 

 dients were not available. Also to save paper and printing costs the an- 

 alytical results on moisture, ash and nitrogen-free extract are not included 

 as in past years. The law does not require the manufacturer to guarantee 

 these constituents. They have been determined and the results are on file 

 in the laboratory. If the reader can make use of these figures on any of 

 the following brands, they will be furnished on request. 



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

 rantee in each of the last nineteen years. 



