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or similar substances, are examples of existing practices against 
which it is sought to defend the farmer by legal enactment. 
Not only are dishonest practices more or less prevalent in the 
feeding stuffs trade as in every other, but the names popularly 
applied to commercial cattle foods can not be depended upon as 
an indication of composition. Much confusion exists in the 
names applied to the starch and glucose wastes especially. The 
claims made for mixed feeds are not always justified by the actual 
composition of these materials. ‘For these reasons it is essential 
and right for the consumer to be furnished with reliable infor- 
mation concerning the substances that he is buying. 
THD PROVISIONS OF THE LAW. 
The following is a summary of the provisions of the concen- 
trated feeding stuffs law: 
(1) The law defines the term “ concentrated commercial feed- 
ing stuffs.” It is made to include linseed meals, cottonseed — 
meals, pea-meals, cocoanut meals, gluten meals, gluten feeds, 
maize feeds, starch feeds, sugar feeds, dried brewers’ grains, malt 
sprouts, hominy feeds, cerealine feeds, rice meals, oat feeds, corn 
and oat chops, ground beef or fish scraps, mixed feeds and all 
other materials of similar nature. | 
The following materials are excluded from this term: Hays 
and straws, and the entire grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, 
maize (corn), buckwheat and broom corn, either whole or ground 
into meal; also bran and middlings from wheat, rye and buck- 
wheat when sold as such. 
(2) It is required that a statement shall be affixed to the bags 
or other packages in which feeding stuffs are sold, giving the fol- 
lowing facts: 
Trade name of feeding stuff, 
Name of manufacturer and place of business, 
Place of manufacture, 
Percentage of protein, 
Percentage of fat. 
