LLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 259 



SALE OF FEED STUFFS 



Directors of the Illinois Dairymen's Association, at a meet- 

 ing in Joliet during the State Farmers' Institute Convention in 

 February, 1905, brought up the matter of the necessity of an act 

 to regulate the sale and analysis of concentrated feeding stuffs 

 and presented a resolution calling for such act, which resolu- 

 tion was passed by the State Farmers' Institute. 



A legislative committee of the Illinois Dairymen's Asso- 

 ciation was appointed to take the matter in charge and the 

 result was the passing by the legislature of the measure. The 

 new law as printed by the state food commissioner, together 

 with letters in relation to its interpretation are here given as 

 follows : 



AN ACT to regulate the sale and analysis of concentrated feed- 

 ing stuffs. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illi- 

 nois represented in the general assembly: Every lot or parcel 

 of concentrated commercial feed stuffs, as defined in section two 

 of this act. used for feeding farm livestock, sold, or offered or 

 exposed for sale within this State, shall have affixed thereto, in 

 a conspicuous place on the outside thereof, a plainly printed 

 statement, clearly and truly certifying the name, brand or trade 

 mark, under which the article is sold for feeding purposes, the 

 name and address of the manufacturer, importer or dealer, the 

 net weight of the package, and the minimum percentage of crude 

 protein, reckoning one per cent of nitrogen equal to six and 

 one-fourth per cent of protein, crude fiber, and crude fat which 

 it contains; the several constituents to be determined by the 



