July, 1936 ] INSPECTION of feeding stuffs 



The New Hampshire Feeding Stuffs Law requires 

 the manufacturer to state the percentage of carbo- 

 hydrates. However, a statement of the percentage 

 of nitrogen free extract indirectly gives this in- 

 formation, since the sum of the nitrogen free ex- 

 tract and the crude fiber equals the carbohydrates. 



The chief purpose 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 is 

 primarily a correct-labelling act. It must not be 

 assumed by the purchaser of feeding stuffs 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 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. 



In purchasing feeds both the dealer and the 

 consumer should specify: The feed delivered on this 

 order must comply with the New Hampshire Feeding 

 Stuffs Law. Do not accept delivery in untagged or 

 unlabelled bags. 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 con- 

 fidence 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. If the buyer fails to assure himself 

 , the legal requirements have been met, he accepts the 

 feeding stuff at his own risk. The State official 



