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 Honorable Andrew L. 

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

 Inspector, collected samples of 390 brands of feeding stuffs 

 which were oft'ered for sale in the State during the vear ending 

 May, 1931. 



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 con- 

 centrated 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 manu- 

 facturer, 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 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 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 con- 

 sumer's cooperation in refusing to buy any feed which does not 

 conform to the law in every respect will not only help in the en- 

 forcement 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 name 

 under which they were offered to the consumer has 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. 



