Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station

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Excerpt from Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station: Inspection of Commercial Feed Stuffs During the past year, 924 samples of feeding stuffs have been collected and examined by the Massachusetts experiment station. Although less samples were collected than for the preceding year, yet they represented very satisfactorily the character of feeding stuffs on sale in this state. In accordance with the feeding stuffs law, 1002 brands of feeding stuffs were registered, some of those registered, however, were not offered for sale or, if offered, were sold to such a limited extent that they were not found by the inspector. The spirit of co-operation between dealer and those having in charge the enforcement of the feeding stuffs law has been, on the whole, very satisfactory. Only three cases have been brought for prosecution, two of them have been settled and one is still pending. The officials having the law in charge are always reluctant to bring cases into court except as a last resort or where the interests of the consumer are at stake, preferring to depend upon publicity and persuasion, if possible. About a year ago the Federal Government through the Bureau of Chemistry ruled that wheat by-products containing screenings purchased with the wheat should be labeled as "containing screenings not exceeding mill run." This ruling has been adopted by the Massachusetts officials. In practical feeding, preference should be given to wheat feeds that do not contain screenings when sold at the same price as the inferior product. The importation of feeding stuffs has been increasing for several years. Thus far the amount imported has not affected the local market, the imported feeding stuffs having sold at ruling prices or, in some cases, for prices In excess of those charged for domestic products. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.