BULLETIN No. 156. 



FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 



Chas. D. Woods, Director. 



J. M. BarteETT, Chemist in charge of inspection analyses. 



Chief Requirements oe the Law. 



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

 consumer concisely stated, follow. 



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

 all feeding stuffs except the following : 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. 



Kinds of Feed Coming zvithin the Law. The principal feeds 

 coming under the provisions of the law are linseed meals, cotton- 

 seed 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, foods, 

 poultry foods, stock foods, patented, proprietary and trade- 

 mark stock and 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. 



The Brand. Each package of feeding stuffs coming within 

 the law shall bear, conspicuously printed, the following state- 

 ments : 



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 manufacture. 



