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Chief Requirements oe Feeding Stuef Law. 



Kinds of feeding stuffs coming under the lazv. The law ap- 

 plies to the sale, distribution, transportation, or the offering 

 or exposing for sale, distribution, or transportation of all arti- 

 cles of food used for feeding live stock and poultry, except 

 hays and straws, the whole seeds, and the unmixed meals made 

 directly from the entire grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, 

 Indian corn, buckwheat, flax seed and broom corn. 



The offals from the milling of wheat and the mixed meals, 

 chops, etc., made by grinding two or more kinds of whole 

 grains together come under the requirements of the law. 



The Brand. Every lot or package shall be plainly marked 

 with : 



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 maximum percentage of crude fiber. 



The minimum percentage of crude fat. 



The minimum percentage of crude protein. 



If the feeding stuff is a compound feed the name of each 

 ingredient contained therein. 



If artificially colored, the name of the material used for that 

 purpose. 



If the feeding stuff is sold in bulk or put up in packages 

 belonging to the purchaser, the seller, upon the request of the 

 purchaser, shall furnish him with a copy of the statements 

 named above. 



All of the foregoing make up the brand and any difference 

 in statement constitutes a distinct brand. 



Manufacturer's certificate. Before manufacturing, selling or 

 distributing, a certified copy of the statements named shall be 

 filed with the Commissioner of Agriculture at Augusta. 



Registration fee. A registration fee of $10.00 is assessed on 

 any brand offered for sale, distribution or transportation in 

 the State. If the sales of a brand be less than 50 tons, the 

 feeding stuff may be reregistered without payment of fee. 

 The filing of the certificate and the payment of the fee is re- 

 quired of only one person for a given brand. 



