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 386 brands 

 of feeding stuffs which were offered for sale in the State 

 during the year ending June, 1933. 



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 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 maximum percentage only of crude fiber. 



The chief purpose of the administration of the Feeding 

 Stuffs Law is to protect the consumer against the inferior 

 products which would doubtless soon appear on the market 

 if the trade were not under state control. The law 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. 



It must not be assumed by the purchaser of feed that every 

 brand which meets the manufacturer's guarantee is a high- 

 grade feed. The Feeding Stuffs Law does not prevent the 

 sale of a low-grade feed if it is properly licensed and tagged 

 and is offered for sale in compliance with the law. It would 

 not be in the public interest to legislate against the sale of 



