INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL 

 FEEDING STUFFS 



ANALYSES OF COMMERCIAL. FEEDING-STUFFS COLLECTED 

 BY THE COMlVnSSIONEB OF AGRICULTTIRE IN 1920. 



This report deals with the analyses of three hundred and 

 forty samples of commercial feedstuffs which were collected 

 during the year under the direction of the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture, Mr. Andrew L. Felker. Mr. E. D. Sanborn vis- 

 ited nearly every town in the state and collected samples from 

 most of the feed dealers. 



With a few exceptions, the feeds were of good quality and 

 very similar to those of last year. The cottonseed meals were 

 lower in protein and somewhat more inferior in quality than 

 they were a few years ago. The flaxseed meals averaged almostv. 

 three per cent lower in protein than last year. The gluten 

 • feeds were superior in quality to those of last year. There was 

 a decided increase in the number of wheat feeds this year and 

 their quality was similar to that of last year. 



Co-operation with the Federal Bureau of Chemistry. 



The State law cannot effectively protect the purchaser who 

 buys directly from a manufacturer outside of the State inas" 

 much as the State powers of regulation are limited to sales 

 within the State. For this reason cooperative arrangements 

 were made with the Federal Bureau of Chemistry in the fall 

 of 1919 and carried out during the past year. In cases where 

 interstate shipments are found to be misbranded or adulter- 

 ated, the findings of the State Department are reported to the 

 federal authorities, who then carry out the necessary legal pro- 



