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. 

 If the estimated valuation is used the cost of the inspection is less than 

 two cents per ton. 



CONFORMITY TO THE GUARANTEES 



Of the 280 brands analyzed, 23 brands, or 8.2 per cent, were be- 

 low the guaranteed amount of protein. Six of these were less than 

 one-half per cent below guarantee. Twenty-nine brands, or 10.4 per 

 cent, were below guarantee in fat. Eight of these were less than one- 

 fourth per cent below guarantee. Twenty brands, or 7.1 per cent, 

 contained an excessive amount of crude fiber. 



Resolution 20, p. 14 of the Official Publication of the Association 

 of American Feed Control Officials, referred to above reads in part "that 

 urea is to be used only in such limited quantities as to insure that the 

 total amount present does not exceed 3% of the (grain) ration." Five 

 brands contained urea as one of the ingredients. None exceeded the 

 3 per cent urea permitted under the resolution. 



In the tabulation of the analytical figures (p. 11 to p. 20 inclus- 

 ive) 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 italic type. 



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

 guarantee in each of the last twenty years. 



