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

 terms in listing the ingredients, the Association of American Feed 

 Control Officials has adopted 196 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 27 tentative definitions and six that have been proposed for 

 future discussion. Tentative definitions are those which have received 

 favorable consideration but have not yet been made official. A 99- 

 page booklet containing the above three classes of definitions, 23 

 general regulations, four tentative regulations, 25 resolutions adopted 

 and other instructive material may be obtained from the Secretary 

 of the Association of American Feed Control Officials, College Park, 

 Maryland. The manufacturer should secure a copy of this booklet 

 and list the ingredients accurately. Carelessness 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 FEEDINGSTUFFS LAW 



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

 sumer against the inferior products which doubtless would soon appear 

 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 with 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 spec- 

 ification that the feed delivered must comply with 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 feed- 

 ingstuffs law. He then has no recourse under the feedingstuffs law 

 if the feed which he purchases is of inferior quality. The dealer 

 who offers for sale a feedingstuff which has not been registered and 

 which is not guaranteed in compliance with the law is probably in- 

 different to his customer's interests in other respects. He does not 

 merit either the confidence or the patronage of the consumer. The 

 purchaser's cooperation in refusing to buy a feed which does not con- 

 form to the law in every respect will not only help in the enforcement 

 of the law but will at the same time afford the purchaser himself the 

 protection of the law. If the buyer fails to assure himself that the 

 legal requirements have been met, he accepts the feedingstuff at his 



