SECTION XIX. 



FEED STUFF LAWS AND FEED ADULTERANTS 



Importance of State Feed Laws. — On account of the adultera- 

 tion of commercial feed stuffs many of our states have passed 

 laws to protect the consumers of these commodities. The en- 

 forcement of these laws is generally controlled by the Experi- 

 ment Stations or the State Boards of Agriculture, through a 

 staff of chemists and inspectors. The inspectors draw samples 

 of the various feeds and the chemists analyze them to find out if 

 they are as represented. The results of the chemists' findings are 

 published in bulletins which are sent out to the farmers, manu- 

 facturers and other interested parties. 



These laws require the manufacturers and dealers in these 

 materials "to state what they sell and sell what they state." In 

 other words they are forced to guarantee their products. Ex- 

 ample, John Doe is manufacturing and selling cotton seed meal. 

 Before he is allowed to sell his cotton seed meal he must have 

 printed on the sacks, or on tags attached to the sacks, the com- 

 position of the cotton seed meal, the weight of the package, the 

 name, brand, or trade mark, and the manufacturer's or dealer's 

 name and address. Let us suppose that John Doe has printed on 

 his sacks the following; protein 40 per cent., fat 9 per cent., 

 carbohydrates 24 per cent, and fiber 10 per cent. ; weight 100 

 lbs. ; cotton seed meal ; manufactured by John Doe, Memphis, 

 Tenn. Such a statement is the guarantee. The weight of the 

 package is a good requirement in such laws because the pur- 

 chaser is enabled to tell just the amount contained in the pack- 

 age. Some feeds are put up in 90 pound sacks, for most pur- 

 chasers will take it for granted that all feeds are sold in lots of 

 75 or ICO pounds or more. Feeds put up in irregular weights 

 are generally sold per sack and not by weight. The guarantee 

 then protects the consumer. 



Comparison of Some of the Requirements of Feed Laws. — Har- 

 ris in a discussion of feed stuff laws says: "Suppose we take, 

 for instance, the main feature of every feed law — the guaranteed 

 chemical analysis — and see if any uniformity exists here. Cer- 

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