USE OF COMMERCIAL FEEDINGSTUFFS 



This bulletin is concerned with the enforcement of the feeding- 

 stuff law. It is not within its scope to make recommendations regarding 

 the use of commercial feedingstuffs. The Department of Dairy Hus- 

 bandry and the Department of Poultry Husbandry are continuously 

 studying feeding problems. The following publications of these de- , 

 partments are free to residents of New Hampshire. Address your re- 

 quest to Mailing Room, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New 

 Hampshire. 



Ext. Cir. 195 Adjusting Feed Costs to Reduced Milk Incomes. 4 pp. 



Ext. Cir. 208 Feeding Dairy Calves and Heifers. 6 pp. 



Folder 10 The Use of Home-Grown Grains in Feeding the Dairy 



Herd. 

 Press Bull. 100 Home-Grown Dairy Feeds. 1 p. 

 Ext. Bull. 67 Turkey Production in New Hampshire. 16 pp. 

 Ext. Cir. 158 Feeding Chickens. 18 pp. 

 Ext. Cir. 250 The Home Poultry Flock. 12 pp. 

 Sta. Bull. 312 Protein Requirements of Chickens. 20 pp. 

 Sta. Bull. 335 Protein Requirements of Chickens at Various Stages 



of Growth and Development II. 15 pp. 

 Sta. Cir. 52 Growth and Feed Standards for New Hampshire. 8 pp. 



Sta. Cir. 56 Fine Versus Coarse Grit as a Feed Ingredient for 



Poultry. 8 pp. 



While the word feedingstuff does not appear in all the above titles, 

 no publication is included which does not discuss some aspect of the 

 use of feedingstuffs. 



HOW COST OF INSPECTION AFFECTS PRICE • 



The cost of a feedingstuff inspection includes the drawing and 

 the analysis of the samples, and the publication and mailing of the 

 annual bulletin. The funds from which these costs are paid are accu- 

 mulated from the license fees which the manufacturer is required to 

 pay annually on each brand of feedingstuff offered for sale witliin the 

 state. Since manufacturing and distributing costs are finally paid by 

 the consumer, the purchaser of feedingstuffs is interested in the effect 

 of the cost of the inspection on the retail price per ton. The sixteenth 

 census of the United States Department of Commerce under the head- 

 ing, 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 on the known 



