N. H. EXPERIMENT STATION (Bulletin 297 



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Feeding Stuffs Law. All manufacturers and dealers 

 are therefore expected to conform to the regulations 

 of the Association in all matters not specifically 

 mentioned in the law. 



The chief purpose of the Feeding Stuffs Law 

 is to protect the consumer against the inferior pro- 

 ducts which would doubtless soon appear on the mar- 

 ket if the trade were not imder state control. The 

 law is primarily a correct-labelling act. It must 

 not be assixmed 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 in- 

 ferior 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 v±lo offers for sale a 

 feeding stuff vdiich 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 confi- 

 dence 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 the pro- 

 tection of the law. 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 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. 



