One sentence in the New Hampshire feedingstuffs law reads as 

 follows: "... and shall state in bold type upon the container or a 

 tag attached thereto, if a compounded feed, the names of the several 

 ingredients therein contained." To avoid the misinterpretation or 

 deception which may result from the manufacturer's use of indefinite 

 terms in listing the ingredients, the Association of American Feed Con- 

 trol Officials has adopted 192 official definitions of ingredients used in 

 the compounding of feedingstuffs. These definitions are subject to 

 frequent addition and revision. At the present time there are also 15 

 tentative definitions and seven that have been proposed for future 

 discussion. Tentative definitions are those which have received favor- 

 able consideration but have not yet been made official. A 93-page book- 

 let containing the above three classes of definitions, 22 general regu- 

 lations, 25 resolutions adopted, and other instructive material may be 

 obtained from the Secretary of the Association of American Feed Con- 

 trol Officials, College Park, Maryland. The manufacturer shotild se- 

 cure a copy of this booklet and list the ingredients accurately. Care- 

 lessness 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 specifying the ingredients 

 printed on the tag may be careless in selecting the ingredients he puts 

 into the bag. 



PURPOSE OF THE FEEDINGSTITFFS LAW 



The chief purpose of the feedingstuffs law is to protect the con- 

 sumer against the inferior products which doubtless would soon ap- 

 pear 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 feedingstuffs that every brand which meets the manu- 

 facturer's guarantee is a high-grade feed. The feedingstuffs 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 witli 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 

 consumer in purchasing feed from the dealer, should make the speci- 

 fication that the feed delivered must comply ^vith the New Hampshire 

 feedingstuffs 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 composed are not plainly stated on the bag, or on a tag attached 

 thereto, the purchaser is not protected by the state feedingstuffs law. 



