VOL. LXII
INDIANAPOLIS, JUNE   1,   1907.
NO. 22
LAW ON FEEDINQ STUFFS.
Act of 1907 Regulating Inspection
and Sales.
Following is the full text of the Iudi-
iinu law providing for State control of
sales of concentrated feeding stuffs intended ns feed for live stock. The intent of the law is to insure feeders
against worthless and fraudulent preparations:
Be it enacted by the General Assembly
.of the State of Indiana, That before any
concentrated commercial feeding stuff is
sold, or offered or exposed for sale in
Indiana, the manufacturer, importer,
dealer, agent or person who causes it to
be sold, or offered for sale, by sample, or
otherwise, within this Statj?, shall file
with the Stale Chemist of Indiana at the
IndUaa Agricultural Experiment Station,
I'urilut' I'niversity, a statement that _e
desires to offer such concentrated commercial feeding stuff fur sale in this
State, and also a certificate, the execution of which shall be sworn to before a
notary public, or other proper official, for
registration, stating the name of the
manufacturer, the ilocation of the principal office of the manufacturer, tne name,
brand or trade-mark under which the concentrated commercial feeding stuff will be
sold, the ingredients from which the concentrated commercial feeding stuff is
compounded, and the minimum percentage of crude fat and crude protein allowing one per cent of nitrogen to equal six
and tweney-five hundredths per cent of
protein, and the maximum percentage of
crude fibre which the manufacturer, or
person offering the concentrated commercial feeding stuff for sale guarantees it to
contain; these constituents to be determined by the methods recommended by
the association of official agricultural
chemists of the United States.
Section 2. Any person, company, corporation or agent that shall sell or offer,
or expose for sale, auy concentrated commercial feeding stuff in this State, shall
affix, or cause to be affixed to every package or sample of such concentrated commercial feeding stuff in a conspicuous
place on the outside thereof, a tag or
label which shall be accepted as a guarantee of the manufacturer, importer,
dealer or agent, and which shall have
plainly printed thereon in the English
language, the number of net pounds of
concentrated commercial feeding stuff in
the package, the name, brand, or trademark under which the concentrated commercial feeding stuff is sold, the name
of the manufacturer, the location of the
principal office of the manufacturer, and
the guaranteed analysis stating the minimum percentage of crude fat and crude
protein, determined as described in section 1, and the ingredients from which
the concentrated feeding stuff is compounded. For each one hundred pounds,
or fraction thereof, the person, company,
corporation or agent, shall also affix a
stamp purchased from the State Chemist,
showing that the concentrated commercial feeding stuff has beeu registered as
required by section 1 of this act, and that
the inspection tax has been paid. When
concentrated commercial feeding stuff is
sold in bulk a tag as hereinbefore described, and a State Chemist stamp shall
be delivered to the consumer with each
one hundred pounds, or fraction thereof;
Provided, That for wheat bran a special stamp covering fifty pounds shall be
issued on request, nnd one such stamp,
attached   In   the   tag   hereinbefore   men-
Honed, shall bo delivered tu the purchaser
with each 50 pounds or fraction thereof.
Section 3. The State Chemist shall
n gister the facts set forth in the certificate required by section 1 of this act in
a permanent record, and shall furnish
stamp* or labels showing the registration
of such certificate to manufai -furors or
agents desiring to sell the coucentrated
commercial feeding stuff so registered at
smh limes and in such numbers as the
manufacturers or agents may desire: Provided, Thnt the State Chemist shall not
be  required   to   sell  stamps  or   labels  in
for wheat bran a special stamp as required by section - or this aet shall be
furnished at. fifty eents per hundred. The
money paid fur said slumps, ur labels,
shall In' forwarded t.> Ilu- said Siale
Chemist, who shall pay all sueh fi-es received by him in the director of tbe Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station,
Purdue University, ley wli.nn they shall
he paid Into ihe treasury of saiil Indiana
Agricultural    Experiment    Station,     the
Board of Control of which shall ex] 1
ihe same, iiii proper vouchers i" lee' filed
with the Auditor ief State in meeting  all
Mountain Scenery on the Norfolk  ami  Western   Railway.
leu amount than to the Value of tive dollars ($5.00i or multiples of five dollars
for any one concentrated commercial
feeding stuff. Provided, further. That
the State Chemist shall not be required
to register any certificate unless accompanied by an order and fees for stamps
or labels to the value of five dollars
(ifo.OO) or some multiple of five dollars;
Provided, further, That such stamps m
labels shall bo printed in such form
us the State Chemist may prescribe: Provided, further, That such stamps or labels shall be good until used.
Section 4. Ou or before January 31st
of each year, each and every manufacturer, importer, dealer, agent or person,
who causes any concentrated commercial
feeding stuff to be sold or offered or exposed for sale in the State of Indiana
shall file with the State Chemist of Indi-
nna a sworn statement, giving the number of net pounds of each brand of concentrated commercial feeding stuff he hns
sold or caused to be offered for salo iu
the State for the previous year ending
with December 3lst: Provided, That
wlvcu. the manufacturer, jobber or importer of any concentrated commercial
feeding stuff shall have filed the statement aforesaid, any person acting as
agent for snid manufacturer, importer or
jobber, shall not be required to file such
statement.
Section 5. For the expense and
analyzing concentrated commercial feeding stuffs, the State Chemist shall receive for stamps or labels furnished, one
dollar per hundred: Provided,      That
sary expenses in carrying out the
provisions of this act, Including the employment ot inspectors, chemists, expenses in procuring samples, printing bulletins giving the results of the wurk uf
feeding stuff Inspection, us provided fur
by this act, and (br any either expenses
of said Indiana Agricultural Experiment
Station as authorized by law. The Director of said Experiment Station shall
make to the Governor, on or before l"e ternary 15th of each yenr, a classified report showing the total receipts and expenditures of all fees received under the provisions of this act.
Section li. Any iierson, company, corporation or agent that shall offer fur sale,
sell or expose for sale any package or
sample or auy quantity of any concentrated commercial feeding stuff which has
not been registered with the State Chemist as required by section of this act, or
whieh dues not have affixed to it the tag
and stamp required by section 2 uf this
act, or which is found by an analysis
made by or under the direction of the
State Chemist to contain a smaller percentage or crude fnt or crude protein
Ihan the minimum guarantee, or which
shall be labelled with a false ur inaccurate guarantee, or who shall adulterate
any concentrated commercial feeding
stuff with foreign material matter or
other foreign substance, such as rice
hulls, chaff, mill sweepings, peanut
shells, corn bran, eorn cob meal, out hulls,
oat clippings, or other materials of less
or of little or no feeding value wit hunt
plainly  stating  on   the   label   hereinbefore
described,    the kind and amonnt of such
mixture, or wbo shall adulterate with any
substance Injurious  to the health of do-
DMSlle   animals,     eer   W_0   shall   alter   the
slump or tag or label of the State Chemist, eer shall  use the name' anil title of the
State  Chemist  on   a   stamp,  tag  or  label
not furnished by tbe Chemist, or shall use
the   stamp,   tag   or   label     eef   the     Siale
Chemist  the sorund  time,    eer shall  refuse
rn- fail to make  the sworn statement required  ley  section   1  Of  this  act.  shall   be
deemed  guilty  of a misdemeanor,  aud on
Conviction   thereof   shall   be   lineil   in   the
sum of  fifty  dollars for the  first offense,
and   in   the   stun  of  one   hundred   dollars
for each subsequent offense.      In all litigation  arising  from  the  purchase  or sale
of  any  concentrated  commercial   feeding
stuff  in   whieh   the     composition  of     the
same   may   lie   involved   a"  certified   copy
e.l   the official analysis signed by the State
Chemist shall be accepted as prima facie
evidence of tbe composition of such con-
i enti-ated  commercial  feeding stuff;  Provided,    That  nothing in this act shall be
construed to restrict  or prohibit ^the sale
■ if  concentrated   commercial feeding  stuff
in hulk tee each either by importers, manufacturers or  manipulators  who  mix  con-
centrated commercial    feeding stuff    for
sale-,    or    as    preventing    the  free,     unrestricted   shipment   of  these  articles     in
bulk  iu    manufacturers or    manipulators
who mix concentrated commercial feeding
stuff for sale,    or to prevent    the    State
Chemist, ur the Indiana Agricultural Ex-
pe rim6at   Statiod   eer  any  other  person  or
persons deputised  by said State Chemist,
making   experiments     with     concentrateel
commercial feeding stuffs for the advance-
 in  of the  science of agriculture.
Sei tion 7'. The Slate Chemist or any
pels,,n l,y him deputized is hereby eni-
powered to procure from any lot, parcel
or package of any concentrated commercial feeding stuff offered feir sale or found
in Indiana a quantity of concentrateel
commercial feeding stuff not to exceed
two peeiinils: Provided, That such sample' shall be drawn during reasonable
business hours, or in the presence of the
owner of the concentrated commercial
feeding stuff of Of sunie person claiming
to  represent   the  owner.
Sei timi s. Any person who shall prevent ur strive to prevent the State Chemist, or any person deputized by the State
Chemist, from inspecting and obtaining
samples of concentrated commercial feeding sniff, us provided for in this act,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
in the sum of fifty dollars for the first
offense, and in the sum of one hundred
dollars  for  each  subsequent offense.
Section !». The State Chemist is hereby employed to prescribe and enforce
snch rules and regulations relating to concentrated commercial feeding stuff as he
may deem necessary to carry into effect
the full intent and meaning of this act,
and to refuse the registration of any feeding stuff under a name which would be
misleading as to the materials of which
it is made, or when the percentage of
crude fiber is above or the percentage of
crude fat or crude protein below the
standards adopted for concentrated commercial feeding stuffs. The State Chemist is further empowered to refuse to issue stamps or labels to any manufacturer,
importer, dealer, agent or person' who
shall sell or offer or expose for sale any
 irentrated  commercial  feeding stuff  in
this State and refuse to submit tbe sworn
statement required by section 4 of this
act.
Section   10.       It   shall   be   the   duty  of