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recommendations of the association, but a few amendments were made not in har- 
mony therewith, which, it is believed, weaken the law. He adds that it is hoped later 
to secure such amendments as will make the law conform to the original draft, and 
that "had it not been for the existence of the recommendations, it would probably 
not have been possible to secure the passage of the present law." 
Director J. F. Duggar, of Alabama, writes, under date of July 7, that in that State 
" the old law has been revised this year by a new one which embodies the recom- 
mendations of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment 
Stations and of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists," and that "the 
recommendations alluded to have had much weight in securing the revision of legis- 
lation along this line. 
After careful consideration of the subject, your committee submits the following 
recommendations regarding laws regulating the sale of feeding stuffs: 
(1 ) That for the purpose of defraying the expenses of feeding-stuff inspection, the 
State should make a direct appropriation, or, where this is impracticable, a brand tax 
should be levied. In view of the experience of Maine and Vermont, a tonnage tax 
is not to be recommended. 
(2) That the following materials should be exempt from the provisions of feeding- 
stuff laws: Hays and straws and whole unmixed seeds, such as wheat, rye, barley, 
oats, Indian corn, buckwheat, broom corn, and the unmixed meals of the entire 
grains of such seed. 
(3) The term concentrated feeding stuff s should include linseed meals, cotton-seed 
meals, cotton-seed feeds, pea meals, cocoanut meals, gluten meals, gluten seeds, maize 
feeds, starch feeds, sugar feeds, dried brewers' grains, dried distillers' grains, malt 
sprouts, hominy feeds, cerealine feeds, germ feeds, rice meals, oat feeds, corn-and-oat 
chops, corn-and-oat feeds, corn bran, ground beef or fish scraps, condimental foods, 
poultry foods, stock foods, patented proprietary or trade and market stock and poultry 
foods, and all other materials of a similar nature not included in section 2 above. 
Where practicable, the by-products from the milling of wheat, rye, and buckwheat 
should be included under the requirements of the laws. 
(4) That a legible printed statement should be affixed to or printed on each pack- 
age containing a feeding stuff named in section 3, giving the net w r eightof the package, 
the name and address of the manufacturer or importer, the name, brand, or trade- 
mark under which the article is sold, and the guaranteed analysis showing the per- 
centage of crude protein and of crude fat. The law should provide that the chemical 
analysis, including determinations of crude protein and crude fat, shall be made by 
the official methods of the Associatian of Official Agricultural Chemists. 
If the feeding stuff is sold in bulk or put up in packages belonging to the purchaser, 
the agent or dealer shall furnish him with a certified statement of the net weight of 
the lot, the name and address of the manufacturer or importer, the brand or trade- 
mark under which said article was sold, and the percentage of crude protein and 
crude fat which said article is guaranteed to contain, as determined by the official 
methods of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. 
(5) That a certified copy of the statement in section 4 above be filed with the 
executive officer each year. 
(6) That the law should contain a penalty, by fines only, for violations of its pro- 
visions and for adulterations of any feeding stuff; provided, however, that "mix- 
tures" of adulterated goods may be sold if the true names of the constituents and the 
chemical composition are plainly marked or printed on each package. 
The committee recommends to the Association of American Agricultural Colleges 
and Experiment Stations the adoption of the recommendations 1 to 6 inclusive, with 
the suggestion that this or some other committee should be instructed to use its 
efforts to secure the end in view by using its influence to aid in securing uniform 
legislation in the several States. 
Respectfully submitted. H. J. Wheeler, 
C. D. Woods, 
E. H. Jenkins, 
H. P. Armsby, 
M. A. Scovell, 
Committee. 
The report was accepted and its recommendations were referred to the executive 
committee, which later recommended that the report be referred back for presenta- 
tion to the Section on Agriculture and Chemistry, and it was so ordered. (For 
further action on this report see p. 84.) 
The convention then, on motion, took a recess until 8 o'clock p. m. 
