FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 



Chas. D. Woods, Director. 

 J. M. Bartlett, chemist in charge of inspection analyses. 



Chief Requirements of the Law.* 



The points of the law of most interest to dealer and consumer 

 are : 



Kinds of Feed coming within the Lazv. The law applies to 

 all feeding stuffs except hays and straws; whole seeds and meals 

 of wheat, rye, barley, oats, Indian corn, buckwheat and broom 

 corn; brans and middlings not mixed with other substances, but 

 sold separately, as distinct articles of commerce. 



Inspection tax and tag. To meet the expenses of inspection, 

 a tax of ten cents per ton must be paid to the Director of the 

 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. On receipt of the 

 inspection tax, the Director of the Station is required to fur- 

 nish a tag stating that all charges have been paid. This tag, 

 which bears the Director's signature, shows that the tax has been 

 paid but is not a guarantee of the quality of the goods. 



The brand. Each package of feeding stuff included within 

 the law shall have affixed the inspection tax tag and shall also 

 bear, conspicuously printed ; 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 manu- 

 facture, the place of business or manufacture or shipper, the per- 

 centage of crude protein, the percentage of crude fat. These 

 statements may be printed directly on the bag, on a tag 

 attached to the package, or on the back of the inspection tax 

 tag furnished by the Director of the Station. The quality of the 

 goods is guaranteed b) the manufacturer, importer or dealer, 

 and not by the Station. The samples collected and analyzed by 

 the Station show whether the goods are up to guarantee or not. 



The goods must carry the inspection tax tag and the brand 

 before they can be legally offered for sale in the State. It will 

 not answer to affix tags at the time the goods are sold. 



Analysis. The Director of the Station is required to collect 

 and analyze each year at least one sample of each of the brands 

 of Feeding Stuffs coming within the provisions of the act ; and 

 publish the results, together with related matter, from time to 

 time. 



* The full text of the law will be sent on application. 



