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that all of this class of feeds whicli they buy carries the name of 

 the miller, there w ill iu- little likelihood of their bein^ defrauded. 

 In case of any doubt, mail a sample to the Station and an 

 analysis will be made and the results reported promptly and 

 without any charge. 



Chapter 230 of the Purlic Laws oe 1903. 



.1)1 .let to regulate the Sale and Analysis of Concentrated 



Conmiercial Feeding Stuffs. 



Section i. Every package of any concentrated commercial 

 feeding stuff, as defined in section three of this act, used for feed- 

 ing farm live stock, sold, oft'ered or exposed for sale in this state, 

 shall have affixed thereunto, in a conspicuous 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 stating 

 the percentage of crude protein, allowing one per cent of nitro- 

 gen to equal six and one-fourth per cent of protein, and of 

 crude fat it contains, both constituents to be determined by the 

 methods adopted at the time by the association of official agricul- 

 tural chemists. 



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

 belonging to the purchaser, the agent or dealer shall, upon request 

 of the purchaser, furnish him with the certified statement named 

 in this section. 



Section 2. The term concentrated commercial feeding stuff, 

 as here used, shall not include hays and straws, the whole seeds 

 nor the unmixed meals made directly from the entire grains of 

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

 Neither shall it include wheat, rye and buckwheat brans or mid- 

 dlings, not mixed with other substances, but sold separately, as 

 distinct articles of commerce, nor wheat bran and middlings 

 mixed together, nor pure grains ground together. 



Section 3, The term concentrated commercial feeding stuff, 

 as here used, shall include linseed meals, cottonseed meals, cot- 

 tonseed feeds, pea meals, cocoanut meals, gluten meals, gluten 

 feeds, maize feeds, starch feeds, sugar feeds, dried brewers' 

 grains, dried distillers' 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 



