INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL 

 FEEDING STUFFS 



Made for the 

 STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The inspection of commercial feeding-stuffs reported in this 

 bulletin was made under the direction of the Honorable An- 

 drew L. Felker, Commissioner of Agriculture. Mr. E. D. San- 

 born, State Inspector, collected samples of 376 brands of 

 feeding-stuffs which were offered for sale in the State between 

 December, 1927, and April, 1928. 



THE LAW -^ 



The New Hampshire law entitled an Act to Regulate the 

 Sale of Concentrated Commercial Feeding-Stuffs requires every 

 manufacturer or dealer who shall sell or offer for sale any 

 concentrated commercial feeding-stuff to 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, the 

 ingredients of which the feed is composed, and a chemical 

 analysis stating the minimum percentage only of protein, fat 

 and carbohydrates, and the maximum percentage only of crude 

 fiber. The purposes of the law are primarily to protect the 

 consumer against the dishonest or careless manufacturer and 

 to enable him to buy more economically the feeds best suited 

 to his needs. The law aims to prevent misbranding, adultera- 

 tion and other fraudulent practices. It requires that full 

 information be available to the purchaser both as to the guar- 

 anteed analysis of the feed and the materials of which it is 

 composed. The consumer's co-operation in refusing to buy any 

 feed which does not conform to the law in every respect will 

 not only help in the enforcement of the law but will at the same 

 time afford himself its protection. The state official charged 

 with the enforcement of the feeding-stuffs law is the Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture. 



CLASSIFICATION 



In classifying the feeding-stuffs here reported the class names 

 under which they were sold to the consumer have been used. 

 Table 1 shows the number in each class, the average price per 

 100 pounds, the average per cent of protein, the number of 

 pounds of protein per $1.00, the number deficient by one-half 

 per cent protein, the average per cent of fat, the number of 

 pounds of fat per $1.00 and the number deficient by one-fourth 

 per cent fat. 



