FEED STUFF LAWS AND FEED ADULTERANTS I07 



trol officials met in Washington, D. C, in Sept. 1909 to discuss 

 and if possible draw up a uniform feed stuff law satisfactory to 

 all parties concerned in this business. The results of this meet- 

 ing brought out the following, that the purchaser should know : — 



1. The name, brand or trade mark. 



2. The weight of the package. 



3. The principal address and name of the manufacturer or 

 jobber responsible for placing the feed on the market. 



4. The chemical analysis as. 



Minimum per cent, of crude protein. 

 Minimum per cent, of crude fat. 

 Maximum per cent, of crude fiber. 



5. If a compounded or mixed feed, the specific name- of each 

 ingredient of which it is made up. 



Tentative Definitions of Feed Stuffs Recommended by the 

 Feed Control Officials 



Meal is the clean, sound, ground product of the entire grain, 

 cereal or seed which it purports to represent. Provided, that 

 the following meals, qualified by their descriptive names are 

 to be known as, viz : Corn germ meal is a product in the manu- 

 facture of starch, glucose and other corn products and is the 

 germ layer from which a part of the corn oil has been extracted. 

 Cotton-seed meal is the meal obtained from the cotton-seed 

 kernel after extraction of part of the oil and contains not less 

 than 38.50 per cent, of crude protein. Linseed meal is the 

 ground residue after extraction of part of the oil from ground 

 flaxseed. Bolted corn meal is the entire ground product of 

 corn, bolted. 



Grits are the hard, flinty portions of Indian corn. 



Hominy meal, feed or chop is the bran coating and germ of 

 the corn kernel and may contain a part of the starchy portion 

 of the kernel. 



Corn feed meal is the sifting obtained in the manufacture of 

 cracked corn and table meal made from the whole grain. 



Gluten meal is a product obtained in the manufacture of starch 

 and glucose from corn and is the flinty portion of the kernel which 



