INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL 

 FEEDING STUFFS 



]\Iadc for the 

 STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The inspection of commercial feeding stuffs reported in this 

 bulletin was made under the direction of Honorable Andrew L. 

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

 Inspector, collected samples of 397 brands of feeding stuffs 

 which were offered for sale in the State during the vear ending 

 IMav 1929. 



THE LAW 



The New Hampshire law entitled an Act to Regulate the Sale 

 of Concentrated Commercial Feeding Stuffs requires every man- 

 ufacturer or dealer who shall sell or offer for sale any concen- 

 trated commercial feeding stuff to furnish with each package a 

 clearly printed statement certifying the net weight of the feed 

 contained in the package, the brand name or trademark under 

 which the feed is sold, the name and address of the manufac- 

 turer, the ingredients of which the feed is composed and a chem- 

 ical analysis stating the minimum percentage only of protein, 

 fat and carbohydrates, and the maximum percentage only of 

 crude fiber. The chief purposes of the law are to protect the 

 consumer against the careless or dishonest manufacturer and to 

 enable him to buy more economically the feeds best suited to 

 his needs. It requires that full information be available to the 

 purchaser both as to the guaranteed analysis of the feed and 

 the materials of which it is composed. The law when properly 

 enforced prevents misbranding, adulteration and other fraud- 

 ulent practices. The dealer who offers for sale a feeding stuff 

 which has not been registered or which is not guaranteed in 

 comj^liance with the law does not merit the consumer's patron- 

 age. The consumer's cooperation in refusing to buy any feed 

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

 hel]) 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 Commissioner 

 of Agriculture. 



CLASSIFICATION 



In classifying the feeding stuffs here re]:)orted the class names 

 under which they were offered 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 



