FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 



Chas. D. Woods, Director. 



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



Chie;p Require;ments of' the Law. 



, The Legislature of 1897 enacted a law regulating the sale, 

 inspection and chemical analyses of by-products sold as cattle 

 foods. This was the first American legislation on this subject 

 and experience showed the law to be defective in certain points. 

 Because of this, the law was amended by the Legislature of 1903. 

 The important changes are the doing away with the inspection tax 

 and tag, and the 30 day notice before prosecution can be made, 

 and the addition of a section against adulteration, and the main- 

 tenance of the inspection by a State appropriation. 



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

 consumer are concisely stated below. 



Kinds of Feed Exempt Under the Lazv. The law applies to 

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

 brans and middlings of wheat, rye, barley, oats, Indian corn, 

 buckwheat and broom corn, sold separately ; wheat bran and 

 middlings mixed together and pure grains ground together. 



The Brand. Each package of feeding stuff included within 

 the law shall have affixed, conspicuously printed, the following 

 statements : The number of net pounds contained in the package ; 

 the name or trade mark under which it is sold ; the name and 

 address of the manufacturer or importer ; the percentage of crude 

 protein, and 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. 



In the table which follows, there are given the results of the 

 analyses of samples sent in by correspondents and collected by 

 the Station in the fall and winter of 1902-3. A discussion of the 

 results of the analyses and the full text of the law are given 

 bevond the tables. 



