_LO BULLETIN 1124, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
liable information, and because of the desirability of familiarizing 
consumers and dealers with actual conditions and prices in the prin- 
cipal markets. 
Constant use of this information by buyers and sellers will result 
in a fairly comprehensive idea about conditions in general and in 
ability to interpret and use this information to advantage. 
Much that upon first glance appears inconsistent, such as the wide 
difference in prices between various markets, soon becomes entirely 
clear if freight rates and existing conditions are taken into con- 
sideration. 
It is not necessary to point out the advantage of a general knowl- 
edge of conditions, particularly when buyers have ample storage 
facilities and offerings are heavy, or when, in case of scant transit 
offerings, their supplies are sufficient to carry them over for a reason- 
able period. 
FEEDSTUFFS LAWS. 
The majority of the States have found it necessary to adopt laws 
regulating the sale and quality of feedstuffs. Unfortunately such 
laws differ materially in their requirements. The differences have 
led many mills to center their efforts on selling their feeds only in 
those territories where their feeds meet legal specifications. This 
lack of uniformity has seriously impaired a free distribution. In 
States where the legal fiber content requirement of wheat feeds has 
been placed rather low it is extremely difficult for spring-wheat mills 
to sell their offal. A number of States provide for sales of feeds 
by net weight. As mills often put up their feed in bags weighing 
100 pounds gross, they are not allowed to make sales on the basis 
of 20 sacks of feed to the ton in these States. To overcome this diffi- 
culty a combined weight of feed and bags is invoiced at a certain 
price per ton. 
In some States unadulterated wheat bran, middlings, or shorts 
are not taxed. Other States require neither registration nor license 
nor registration fee, while still others exact an inspection fee on 
wheat feeds whether pure or mixed with screenings. 
The few illustrations given indicate that, particularly for a feed 
dealer or mill doing an extensive business, uniformity in regulations 
is very much to be desired. 
The registration of feedstuffs, if sold delivered, is imposed upon 
the seller, who guarantees that the goods sold shall comply with the 
laws of the State into which they are sold. The registration fee and 
tax are also paid by the seller. 
The collection of taxes or inspection fees necessary to carry out 
the laws regulating the sale and inspection of feedstuffs is performed 
in many ways. A few State laws provide for the payment of such 
taxes or fees at a nominal sum per ton. the seller to submit annually 
or semiannually a statement indicating the total feed tonnage sold 
by him in the State. Whether such States receive the full payment 
of the taxes due them is doubtful. It is, of course, extremely diffi- 
cult to enforce collections in case the shippers are situated outside 
the State and refuse to make payment. 
Other States charge a certain amount for the registration of each 
feed sold or exposed for sale, while still others require all feeds to 
