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

 of the lower-grade by-products. They can be fed profitably 

 if bought at a price adjusted to their feeding value. The 

 law does prevent an inferior feed being offered for sale as a 

 high-grade product. 



The dealer who offers for sale a feeding stuff which has 

 not been registered or which is not guaranteed in compliance 

 with the law is probably indifferent to his customer's interests 

 in other respects. He does not merit either the confidence or 

 patronage of the consumer. 



The purchaser's co-operation in refusing to buy a 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 ofiicial 

 charged with the enforcement of the feeding stuffs law is 

 the Commissioner of Agriculture. All inquiries concerning 

 the law and all matters relative to the registration of brands 

 should be addressed to his office in Concord. 



CLASSIFICATION 



In classifying the feeding stuffs here reported, the class 

 name under which they were offered to the consumer has 

 been used. The classes are arranged alphabetically. Table 

 I shows the number of brands in each class, the average price 

 per 100 pounds, the average per cent of protein, the num- 

 ber of pounds of protein per $1.00, the number deficient 

 by one-half per cent or more of protein,, the average per 

 cent fat, the number of pounds of fat per $1.00, and the 

 number deficient by one-fourth per cent or more of fat. 



