82 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXrERIMENT STATION. I906. 



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 

 report all violations of the law to the Commissioner of Agricul- 

 ture. 



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

 properly branded, or containing a smaller percentage o-f 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 oe the Inspections eor 1905-6. 



The last bulletin on feeding stuff inspection was published in 

 April, 1905. 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. In the 

 parts of the State where the greater amount of feeding stuffs are 

 used, four inspections have been made. There is an evident 

 desire on the part of nearly all of the dealers, large and small, to 

 conform to the requirements of the law, and with the single 

 exception of mixed feeds (see discussion page 96), there is 

 every reason to feel satisfied with the quality of the concentrated 

 commercial feeding stuffs upon the market. 



Unless with the possible exception of a single jobbing house, 

 all of the large handlers of feeds appear to be trying to do a 

 perfectly square, legitimate business. There has been a very 

 marked improvement in the quality of goods, and particularly 

 in their uniformity, since the enactment of the feeding stuffs law 

 eight years ago. Not only have the feeders a better understand- 

 ing of the feeds they use but the dealers have become aware of 

 the quality of their goods, and why feeding stuffs differ from 

 one another in feeding value. 



The table on pages 83 to 88 gives the results of the analyses. 



