INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL 

 FEEDING STUFFS 



Made for the 

 STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The inspection of commercial feeding stuffs reported in this bul- 

 letin was made under the direction of Honorable Andrew L. Felker, 

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

 collected samples of 351 brands of feedings stuffs which were 

 offered for sale in the State during the year ending May, 1930. 



THE LAW 



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

 Concentrated Commercial Feeding Stuffs requires every manufact- 

 urer or dealer who shall sell or offer for sale any concentrated com- 

 mercial 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 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 maxi- 

 mum percentage only of crude fiber. The chief purposes of the law 

 are to protect the consumer against the careless or dishonest manu- 

 facturer 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 en- 

 forced prevents misbranding, adulteration and other fraudulent 

 practices. The dealer who offers for sale a feeding stuff which has 

 not been registered or which is not guaranteed in compliance with 

 the law does not merit the consumer's patronage. 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 Commissioner of Agriculture. 



CLASSIFICATION 



In classifying the feeding stuffs here reported the class names 

 under which they were offered to the consumer have been used. Ta- 

 ble 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 pro- 

 tein, 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. 



