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economic one, especiallj for the New England feeder, who, 

 under onr climatic conditions, can easily raise a sufficient quan- 

 tity of carbohydrates and must depend largely upon purcJiased 

 protein to balance or refund out the ration, particularly in the 

 feeding of dairy animals. 



(3) WeigJd of Feed Stuffs. 

 Up to this time we have paid but little attention to the weight 

 of feed stuffs. Data recently brought together show that while 

 the feed law states cxplicitli/ that the net iveiglit of each pack- 

 age should be stated, the practice has been, except in a few 

 instances, to state gross weight as net. When feed stuffs sold 

 for $15 a ton and less, the difference in value between net 

 and gross weight of sacked feeds amounted to comparatively 

 little, but at the present time the " value difference " is much 

 greater. In a few instances what appear to be a deliberate at- 

 tempt to give short weight was noted, and consumers should 

 be on their guard against such decejition. 



(-^) Uniform Feed, Law. 

 It was the writer's pleasure to attend, durin.g September, a 

 conference between a committee of the American Feed Manu- 

 facturers' Association and State control officials, held at Wash- 

 ington, in the interests of a uniform feed stuffs law. The 

 decision of the conference was that such a law should be as 

 simple as possible, and that a buyer of any feed stuffs should 

 be informed of the following points: — 



1. The number of net jtouuds in the j^ackage. 



2. Name, brand or trademark. 



3. Name and principal address of the manufacturer or jobber 

 responsible for placing the commodity on the market. 



4. Its chemical analysis expressed in the following terms: 

 (cf) minimum percentage of crude protein, (&) mininuun per- 

 centage of crude fat, and (r) maximum percentage of crude 

 fiber. 



5. If a compound or mixed feed, the specific name of each 

 ingredient therein. 



The Massachusetts law does not require a guarantee of fiber 

 or a statement of ingredients in a compoundod feed, and it is 



