158 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1908. 



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 discre- 

 tion, 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. 



The Guaranty. 



The law regulating the sale of commercial feeding stuffs is 

 now so generally recognized that practically all feeds shipped 

 into the State are lawfully branded. It not infrequently hap- 

 pens, however, that some feeding stuffs do not equal the guar- 

 anty in protein and the dealer is liable to the penalties of the law. 

 To impress upon the jobbers and the manufacturers the neces- 

 sity of making their goods conform to the guaranties and at the 

 same time afford protection to the honest handler a circular 

 entitled "A Written Guaranty the Dealer's Safeguard" was sent 

 to the Maine trade. In this the following statements are made : 



No prosecutions will be made against any handler of feeding 

 stuffs within the State provided he obtain at the time of pur- 

 chase a written guaranty that the goods are in conformity with 

 the law regulating their sale. Failure to obtain such a guaranty 

 on the part of the dealer will be presumptive evidence that he is 

 not sufficiently interested in the purjty of the goods which he 

 handles, and unless there are especially extenuating circum- 

 stances, the Director will feel it his duty to begin prosecution 

 for a violation of the laws regulating the sale of concentrated 

 commercial feeding stuffs. 



