LIST OF COMMERCIAL FEED STUFFS PROPERLY

LICENSED

And offered for sale in Ohio in 1904, but samples of which were not found by the Secretary or Deputies on the markets, hence they have not been analyzed.

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LAW TO REGULATE THE SALE OF COMMERCIAL FEED STUFFS IN OHIO.

SECTION I. Every manufacturer of commercial feed stuffs, and every person, firm or company that shall sell, offer for sale or expose for sale the same in this state, shall furnish with each car or other amount shipped in bulk, and shall affix to every package of such commercial feed stuffs, in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof, a plainly printed statement clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds in the shipment, or in each package containing such commercial feed stuffs, the name or trade mark under which it is sold, the name of the manufacturer or shipper, the place of manufacture or the place of business of the shipper and a chemical analysis stating the percentages it contains of crude protein (allowing one percentum of nitrogen to equal six and one-fourth percentum of protein), crude fat and crude fiber.

SEC. 2. Before any commercial feed stuffs shall be sold or offered for sale in Ohio, the manufacturer, shipper, company, firm or person who causes it to be sold or offered for sale, within the state, shall file with the Secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture a certified copy of the certificate referred to in Section I of this bill, and shall deposit with said Secretary a sealed glass jar or bottle containing not less than one pound of the said stuffs, sold or offered for sale, accompanied by an affidavit that it is a fair average sample.

SEC. 3. The manufacturer, importer or agent of any commercial feed stuffs, shall pay annually, on or before the first day of March, a license fee of $25.00 on each brand, for the privilege of selling or offering for sale within the state, said fee to be paid to the Secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, provided: that whenever the manufacturer or importer shall have paid the license fee herein required, any person, company or firm selling, or offering for sale, any commercial feed stuffs, or acting as agent for such manufacturer or importer, shall not be required to pay the fee named in this section. On receipt of proper application for license, with license fee, the Secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture shall issue license for the current year; all licenses shall expire with the calendar year, December 31st.

SEC. 4. The term "commercial feed stuffs" as used in this act shall include linseed meal, cotton seed meal, pea meal, cocoanut meal, rice meal, gluten meal, gluten feeds, dried brewers' grain, malt sprouts, hominy feeds, cerealine feeds, oats feeds, mixed feeds and all material of similar nature; but shall not include hay, straw, whole seeds, the mixed meals made directly from the entire grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, Indian corn, buckwheat and broom corn, wheat bran or middlings not mixed with other substances, but sold separately as distinct articles of commerce, and pure grains mixed and ground together.

SEC. 5. All analyses of commercial feed stuffs, sold within the state shall be made by, or under the direction of, the Secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, and paid for out of the funds arising from license fees provided for in Section 3 of this act. At least one analysis of each brand of commercial feed stuffs shall be made annually, if samples can be found in possession of agents, dealers, or consumers.

SEC. 6. Any manufacturer, company, firm, agent or dealer, who shall sell or offer for sale, or expose for sale, any commercial feed stuffs in this state, without complying with the requirements of this act, or shall sell or offer or expose for sale, any commercial feed stuffs which contain a smaller percentage of constituents than it is certified to contain, shall upon conviction be fined not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense, and not more than two hundred dollars, for each subsequent offense, and the offender in all cases, shall also be liable for damages sustained by the purchaser of such commercial feed stuffs; provided, however, that a deficiency of two percentum of crude protein or two percentum of crude fat, or an excess of two percentum of crude fiber, claimed to be contained shall not be considered as evidence of fraudulent intent.

SEC. 7. Any person who shall adulterate any kind of meal, ground grain, bran or middlings with any other substance whatever, for the purpose of sale shall plainly mark or brand each and every package with a correct statement as to the proportions and kind of adulterant or adulterants used therein. The penalty for violating this section shall be a fine of not less than ten dollars or more than two hundred dollars for the first offense, and not less than twenty-five dollars or more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.

SEC. 8. The Secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, or any person deputized by him, is hereby authorized to draw from any package or bulk quantity of commercial feed stuffs exposed for sale, or found in possession of any purchaser, in any county in Ohio, a quantity not exceeding two pounds which shall be for analysis, as provided in Section 5 of this act.

SEC. 9. All suits for the recovery of fines, under the provisions of this act, shall be brought by the Secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, in the name of the State of Ohio. All prosecutions under this act shall be governed by Sec. 3718a of the Revised Statutes of Ohio and said section shall control all such prosecutions.

SEC. 10. The Secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture shall publish, annually, a correct report of all analyses made and all licenses issued for the sale of commercial feed stuffs, together with a statement of all moneys received on account of license fees and all expenditures made in connection with securing samples, and having the same analyzed; and any surplus shall be placed to the credit of the agricultural fund.

The above is a correct copy of the law regulating the sale of Commercial Feed Stuffs in Ohio, now in force.

W. W. MILLER, Secretary.

Report of the Proceedings

OF THE

STATE FARMERS' INSTITUTE

Held Under the Auspices of the Ohio State Board of
Agriculture, January 10 and 11, 1905.

TUESDAY MORNING, January 10, 1905.

The State Farmers' Institute was called to order in the hall of the House of Representatives, State House, at 10 o'clock a. m., by Hon. T. E. Cromley, member of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, who explained that Secretary W. W. Miller could not be present to open the State Institute, because of an unforeseen and important business matter that required his immediate personal attention.

In introducing the presiding officer, Mr. Cromley said: "I desire to congratulate you on the large attendance that we have at this opening session. I think it shows heart interest. The sessions will be interesting, and for these two days this hall is yours. The speakers are here to instruct and interest you, and you are at liberty to bring out anything that you can from the papers that are presented to you. We desire that each of you shall feel right at home; that this is your meeting, and that you are to derive all of the benefit possible. I will now present to you Mr. A. L. White, of Muskingum County, as your presiding officer. Mr. White." (Applause.)

Mr. A. L. White, President State Farmers' Institute:

"We have with us this morning the Cecilian Ladies' Quartette, who will now sing for us."

Music by the Cecilian Ladies' Quartette.

PRESIDENT WHITE'S ADDRESS.

Brother and Sister Farmers, I cannot say at all how it came to pass that I was nominated and elected to act as your president. I feel that I cannot play well my part, but if you will do a large part of the work, possibly we may get through. I think that I rightly appreciate the honor of the place that you have given me. I did not at first, but after consideration I felt indeed that I would rather have this place than be appointed by President Roosevelt as Ambassador to Ireland. (Laughter.)