INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL 

 FEEDING-STUFFS 



Made for the 

 STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



The- inspection of commercial feeding-stuffs reported in this 

 bulletin was made under the direction of the Honorable Andrew L. 

 Felker, Commissioner of Agriculture. Mr. E. D. Sanborn, State 

 Inspector, collected samples of 350 brands of feeding-stuffs which 

 were offered for sale in the state between December 1935 and 

 May 1296. 



THE FEEDTNG-STUFFS LAW. 



The first feeding stuffs law was enacted by Connecticut in 1895. 

 The New Hampshire law entitled An Act to Regulate the Sale of 

 Concentrated Commercial Feeding-Stuffs was passed in 1901 and 

 amended in 1911 and in 1915. At the present time almost aU 

 states have regulated commerce in feeding-stuffs. In addition to 

 the state regulations the Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906 is 

 applicable to interstate shipments of feeding-stuffs. The state and 

 federal authorities in charge of enforcing feeding-stuffs laws have 

 formed an association known as the Association of Feed Con- 

 trol Officials in the United States, which has served to bring about 

 more uniformity in matters pertaining to the sale of feeding-stuffs. 

 The feeding-stuffs laws are adequate. They do not always afford 

 the consumer as much protection as they should because some of 

 the manufacturers and dealers and many of the consumers them- 

 selves fail to cooperate in their enforcement. 



Under the provisions of the New Hampshire feeding-stuffs 

 law every manufacturer or dealer who shall sell or offer for sale 

 any concentrated commercial feeding-stuff shall furnish with each 

 package a clearly printed statement certifying the number of net 

 pounds in the package, the brand name under which the feed is 

 sold, the name and address of the manufacturer and a chemical 



