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Agricultural Seeds. 



The law applies to all of the ordinary grasses and grains. 

 It requires that each package shall be plainly marked with the 

 name of the seed and its minimum percentage of purity. 



If a copy of the requirements under this law is desired ask 

 for Circular 420. 



Commercial Feeding Stufes. 



The law regulating the sale of commercial feeding stufifs has 

 been considerably changed. The law now applies to all feeding 

 stuffs with the exception of hay and straw, the whole seeds 

 and the unmixed meals made directly from the entire grains of 

 wheat, rye, barley, oats, Indian corn, buckwheat, flaxseed and 

 broom corn. The offals from the milling of wheat and mixed 

 meals which were exempt under the old law come under the 

 provisions of the new. 



The package must be plainly labeled to show : the number 

 of net pounds in the package ; the name, brand or trademark 

 under which the article is sold ; the name and principal address 

 of the manufacturer or shipper ; the minimum percentage of 

 crude fat; the minimum percentage of crude protein; the maxi- 

 mum percentage of crude fiber; and, if the feeding stuff is a 

 compound feed, the name of each ingredient contained therein. 

 If it is artificially colored the name of the material used for 

 that purpose is also to be stated. 



Before a feeding stuff can be lawfully sold in the State it 

 is necessary that it be registered and for that purpose there 

 must be deposited with the Director of the Maine Agricultural 

 Experiment Station a certified copy of the statements named 

 above, a registration fee of $10.00, and, if the director requires, 

 a sample of the feeding stuff. . 



The Director of the Experiment Station has power to refuse 

 to register a feeding stuff which bears a name that is mislead- 

 ing or deceptive or which would tend to mislead or deceive as 

 to the materials of which it is composed, and, in the case of a 

 mixed feeding stuff, if the speci'fic names of each and all ingre- 

 dients are not stated. He also has power to cancel the regis- 

 tration of a feeding stuff manufactured, sold or distributed in 

 violation of any of the provisions of the law. 



