58 I MAINi: AGRICUIvTURAL E^XPURIME^NT STATION. IQIO. 



chops, corn and oat feeds, corn bran, ground beef or fish scraps, 

 foods, poultry foods, stock foods, patented, proprietary and 

 trademark stock and poultry foods, mixed feeds other than 

 those composed solely of wheat bran and middlings mixed to- 

 gether or pure grains ground together, and all other materials 

 of similar nature. 



The Brand. Each package of feeding stuffs coming within 

 the law shall bear, conspicuously printed, the following state- 

 ments : 



The number of net pounds contained in the package. 



The name or trade-mark under which it is sold. 



The name of the manufacturer or shipper. 



The place of manufacture. 



The place of business of manufacturer or shipper. 



The percentage of crude protein. 



The percentage of crude fat. 



The Adulteration of feeding Stuffs. If any foreign sub- 

 stances are added to whole or ground grain or wheat offals, the 

 true mixture must be plainly marked upon the packages. 



Penalties. The sale or offering for sale of feeding stuffs not 

 properly branded, or containing a smaller percentage of protein 

 and fat than are guaranteed, or of adulterated feeding stuffs, is 

 punishable by a fine not exceeding $ioo for the first, and $200 

 for each subsequent offense. 



'Jhe; guaranty. 



No prosecution will be made against any handler of feeding 

 stuffs within the State provided he obtain at the time of pur- 

 chase a written guaranty that the goods are in conformity with 

 the law regulating their sale. Failure to obtain such a guaranty 

 on the part of the dealer will be presumptive evidence that he 

 is not sufficiently interested in the purity of the goods which he 

 handles, and unless there are especially extenuating circum- 

 stances, the Director will feel it his duty to begin prosecution 

 for a violation of the laws regulating the sale of concentrated 

 commercial feeding stuffs. 



Any form of guaranty covering the facts may be used. The 

 printed matter on the hag or the tags accompanying the feeding 

 stuff will not he considered as a guaranty. The guaranty to be 

 valid must be signed in ink. The guaranty should identify and 



