Maine; agricui^tural exps;riment station. 1909. 



COAIMERCIAL FEEDING STUFFS. 



Kinds of Feed coming' within the Lazu. The law applies to 

 al! feeding stuffs except hays and straws ; whole seeds and 

 meals Of wheat, rye, barley, oats, Indian corn, buckwheat and 

 broom corn ; brans and middlings. The principal feeds coming 

 under the provisions of the law are linseed meals, cottonseed 

 meals, cottonseed feeds, pea meals, cocoanut meals,- gluten 

 meals, gluten feeds, maize feeds, starch feeds, sugar feeds, dried 

 brewer's grains, dried distiller's grains, malt sprouts, hominy 

 feeds, cerealine feeds, rice meals,- oat feeds, corn and oat chops, 

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

 condimental foods, poultry foods, stock foods, patented pro- 

 prietary and trade mark stock ar.d poultry foods, mixed feeds 

 other than those composed solely of wheat bran and middlings 

 mixed together or pure grains ground together, and all other 

 materials of similar nature. It is unlawful to mix any thing 

 with whole or ground grain or with bran or middlings unless 

 the true composition is "plainly marked or indicated upon the 

 packages." 



The Brand. Each package of feeding stuff shall bear, 

 conspicuously printed, the following statements : 



The number of net pounds cohtained in the package. 



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



The name of the manufacturer or shipper. 



The j)lace of manufacture. 



The place of business of manufacturer or shipper. 



The percentage of crude protein. 



The percentage of crude fat. 



Chapter 39, Revised Statutes. 

 Sec 22. Every package of any concentrated commercial feeding stuff, 

 as defined in section twenty-four, used for feeding farm livestock, sold, 

 offered or exposed for sale in the state, shall have affixed in a conspicu- 

 ous place on the outside thereof, a plainly printed statement clearly 

 and truly certifying the number of net pounds in the package, the name, 

 brand or trade-mark under which the article is sold, the name and 

 address of the manufacturer or importer, and a chemical analysis stat- 

 ing the percentage of crude protein, allowing one per cent of nitrogen 

 to equal six and one-fourth per cent of protein, and of crude fat which 



