INSPECTION OF COMIVIERCIAL 

 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 283 brands 

 of feeding stuffs which were offered for sale in the State 

 during the year ending June, 1932. 



THE LAW 



The New Hampshire law, entitled an Act to Regulate 

 the Sale of Concentrated Commercial Feeding Stuffs, re- 

 quires every manufacturer or dealer who shall sell or offer 

 for sale any concentrated commercial feeding stuff to furnish 

 with each paci<:age 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 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 ma- 

 terials of which it is composed. 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 



