The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07
STOCK FEEDSS
Big INF ROvEMENT
Analyses Demonstrate Better
Conditions Under 1nspec
ton Statutes.
PROVISIONS OF NEW LAW
Distinction Drawn Between Mix
ed Feeds and Pure Mill
By-Products.

Great satisfaction is expressed by
over the marked Improvement in the
general character of stock feeds Of
fered for sale in Virginia. This con-
dition has been demonstrated by tho
results of the analyses made by the
chemical department. of the commits
sion, presented in its latest bulletin.
The Improvement has been accom-
plished. 1t is stated, with little or no
advance in the market price of the
products. BY this 1t is not meant that
the price of all feeds has not in.
creased but rather that the advance
mas not been due to the improved
character of the products. and that It
is to large extent sympathetic. hav-
ing taken place along with the gem
eral advance in the cost Of all food
stuffs. The department. believes that
the feeder is getting the benefit of the
Improvement, while the manufactures
mas a much fairer field in which to
market his products
Feeds Defined.
Under the provisions of the law en-
acted at the last session of the Cen
eral Assembly, all feeds intended for
domestic animals and poultry are In
Guided In the definition of "concen-
trated commercial feeding stufr.' "
however, there is excepted from this
nays, straWs, corn slower, the whole
unmixed seeds or grains, the pure by
products of wheat, known as mid
dlings, shorts and bran. and the pure
products of corn, known s corn meal.
hominy. grits and corn bran
Therefore, all such feeds, minus the
tonnage tax or inspection tax require
ments. and must have branded on the
sack or printed on tag attached to
each package the following informa-
ton: The net weight of the PACKAGE;
the name. brand or trademark under
which sold; the name and address of
the manufacturer. jobber or seller; the
name of each ingredient of the feed.
and statement of the maximum per-
entages of protein and fat and the
maximum percentum of fiber the feed
contains.
Tag Requirements.
The exempted corn and wheat prod
ucts--known as wheat middlings
shorts and bran. corn meal, hominy
grits and corn bran--when unmixed
with other Material, must be branded
or tagged with printed statement
certifying the net weight of the pack
age the name under which 1t is of
| Tered for sale. and the name and adj
| dress of the manufacturer The eXcep-
| tons to this requirement. are on sales
| of these products to the consumer by
| the manufacturer at the place of
manufacture, and on sales made by
| the farmer who grew the grain from
| which the products are made. The
| guaranteed analysis, required to be
shown OH packages of concentrated
feeding stuffs. is not required on pack
ages of the exempted products, but IL
| the analysis does not appear upon the
| package, it must be lived up to by the
! guarantor.
| Manufacturers, their agents or dis
tributers of concentrated feeding stufs
must register and guarantee their pro-
| ducts as heretofore to the State Dairy
and Food Department. as a prerequi-
site for their sale. and every package
| must have attached the guaranteed
analysis tag and the State Inspection
| stamp or tag, with the names of each
| ingredient of the feed.
Millcrs to Register.
| Wheat and corn millers desiring to
| offer for sale the products exempted
! from the provisions of the tonnage tax
| and the concentrated feeding stuff re-
quirements. must make application to
and register with the Dairy and Food
Department. declaring the daily pro-
| duction capacity in barrels of flour
or in bushels OF meal, or both, of the
| mill which it is desired to register,