THE MARKETING OF MILL FEEDS. 
be marked with tags, obtainable from State officials having charge 
of the inspection work, at a certain amount for a given number, or 
provide for stamps to be attached to tags. 
PRESENT NEEDS OF THE TRADE. 
. Many improvements are needed in the methods of marketing feed- 
stuffs. * Uniformity in the chief factors of marketing is probably the 
outstanding need. 
UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR WHEAT FEEDS. 
Although definitions for wheat feeds and ingredients thereof have 
been established, standards of quality have not been promulgated 
and are greatly needed. There are, for instance, thousands of millers 
in the United States whose ideas as to what should constitute bran 
and shorts and middlings seem highly variable. It is thought that if 
type samples could be agreed upon and could be placed in the hands 
of every miller and feed inspection department for guidance with 
respect to the observance of the feedstuffs laws, such arrangement 
would be of great benefit to the trade. Such a measure would enable 
buyers to determine the grade of feed they could expect to be applied 
on their contracts. 
At present, unless the buyer stipulates in his contract the name of 
the mill whose product he desires, he does not know the quality of 
feed that will be delivered to him. He may buy by sample and in 
that case the feed he receives should be equal to the sample. To 
stipulate in a contract that the product of a particular mill is de- 
sired, while it affords some protection, does not always mean that the 
product of that mill will be received. Breakdowns, or inability to 
obtain wheat, may tempt that mill to purchase from competitors in 
order to fill its contracts, in which case usually its bags are furnished 
to the other mill in which to make shipment. This would lead the 
buyer to believe that what he receives is the product he contracted 
for. It should be stated, however, that in such cases every effort is 
made by the contracting mill to secure feeds of equal quality with 
those of its own manufacture, and that often buyers will receive a 
feed superior in quality to that which they expected to get. 
A UNIFORM FEED LAW. 
As a rule. State regulations pertaining to the sale of feedstuffs are 
intended merely to disclose to the purchaser the character of the 
feeds offered for sale, as feeds properly tagged or marked, although 
of inferior quality, may be legally sold when registered. State agri- 
cultural departments generally require that manufacturers and ship- 
pers doing business in their respective States file with the depart- 
ment a statement showing the ingredients contained in the feed in- 
tended to be sold and its guaranteed analysis. If a sale is made in 
the State, the manufacturer or shipper is bound to see that the feed 
shipped in complies with such regulations. These rules, however, do 
not always protect the feed consumer to the extent desired. 
Because dealers, shippers, and manufacturers are liable to prosecu- 
tion in the event an analysis of feed offered for sale is not in accord- 
ance with that guaranteed at the time of registration, the protein 
