FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 



Chas. D. Woods, Director. 



J. M. BartlETT, chemist in charge of inspection analyses. 



Chiee Requirements oe the Law. 



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

 are: 



Kinds of Feed coming within the Law. The law applies to 

 all feeding stuffs except hays and straws ; whole seeds and meals 

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

 corn ; wheat, buckwheat and rye brans or middlings not mixed 

 with other substances, but sold separately, as distinct articles of 

 commerce. 



Inspection tax and tag. To meet the expenses of inspection, 

 a tax of ten cents per ton must be paid to the Director of the 

 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, who is required to fur- 

 nish a tag stating that all charges have been paid. This tag, 

 which bears the Director's signature, shows that the tax has been 

 paid but is not a guarantee of the quality of the goods. 



The brand. Each package of feeding stuff included within 

 the law shall have affixed the inspection tax tag and shall also 

 bear, conspicuously printed : 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 manufac- 

 ture, the place of business of manufacturer or shipper, the per- 

 centage of crude protein, the percentage of crude fat. These 

 statements may be printed directly on the bag, on a tag attached 

 to the package, or on the back of the inspection tax tag fur- 

 nished by the Director of the Station. The quality of the goods 

 is guaranteed by the manufacturer, importer or dealer, and not 

 by the Station. The samples collected and analyzed by the 

 Station show whether the goods are up to guarantee or not. 



In the pages which follow there are given the results of the 

 analyses of samples sent in by correspondents and collected by 

 the Station inspector in the fall and early winter of 1901-02. 

 The results of the analyses are discussed on pages 54 and beyond. 



