94 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1907. 



The name of the manufacturer or shipper.. 



The place of manufacture. 



The place of business of manufacturer or shipper. 



The percentage of crude protein. 



The percentage of 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. 



Duties of the Director. The Director shall in person or by 

 deputy analyze at least one sample of each feeding stuff coming 

 within the requirements of the law, and publish the. results with 

 such additional information as circumstances advise. He shall 

 diligently enforce the provisions of the law and, in his dis- 

 cretion, prosecute offenses against the law. 



Penalties. The sale or offering for sale of feeding stuffs not 

 properly branded, or containing a smaller percentage of protein 

 and fat than are guaranteed, or of adulterated feeding stuffs, is 

 punishable by a fine not exceeding $100 for the first, and $200 

 for each subsequent offense. 



Results of the Inspections for 1906-7. 



The last bulletin on feeding stuff inspection was published in 

 April, 1906. Prior to 1904 it had been the custom of the. Station 

 to collect a large number of samples of the feeding stuffs offered 

 in the State for the purpose of analyses. With few exceptions 

 the feeding stuffs are. running fairly constant in composition, 

 and for the past two years, greater attention has been paid to 

 proper inspection than to the analyses. At least one sample has 

 been drawn of each of the commercial feeding stuffs offered in 

 the State, so far as they have been found by the inspector. 

 There is an evident desire on the part of nearlv all of the deal- 

 ers, large and small, to conform to the requirements of the law, 

 and with the exception of cotton seed meal (see discussion 

 page 104) , there is every reason to feel satisfied with the quality 

 of the concentrated commercial feeding stuffs upon the. market. 



The table on pages 95 to 103 gives the results of the analyses. 

 These results are discussed on pages 104 and beyond. Protein 

 was determined in each sample. Fat was determined in a 

 composite sample of the samples taken by the inspector. 



