222 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



STOCK FOOD LAW. 



(As Amended in 191 1.) 



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 denned in section 2 

 of this Act, used for feeding farm live stock, 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 in the English language clearly and truly certifying : 



(a) The net weight of the contents of the package, lot or 

 parcel. 



(b) The name, brand or trade mark; 



(c) The name and principal address of the manufacturer 

 or the person responsible for placing the commodity on the 

 market ; 



(d) The minimum per centum of crude protein; the maxi- 

 mum per centum of crude fat; and the maximum per centum 

 of crude fibre; (to be determined by the methods adopted by the 

 Association of Official Agricultural Chemists of the United 

 States.) 



(e) The specific name of each ingredient used in its manu- 

 facture. A copy of said statement shall be filed with the State 

 Food Commissioner on or before January 10th of each year. 



If the feed stuff is sold in bulk, or if it is put up in pack- 

 ages belonging to the purchaser, the agent or dealer shall, upon 

 the request of the purchaser, furnish him with the certified state- 

 ment described in this section. 



Section 2. The term "concentrated commercial feed stuff,'' 

 as used in this Act, shall include cotton seed meals, linseed meals, 

 pea meals, bean meals, peanut meals, cocoanut meals, gluten 



