Exemption.

Nothing in this Act is applicable to,—

1. (a) the farmers rearing livestock or poultry or persons engaged in agricultural pursuits and for the manufacture, production or preparation of feeds for feeding livestock or poultry reared by themselves; or
2. (b) livestock feed, poultry feed or mineral mixture manufactured by universities or research institutions for research purposes; or
3. (c) livestock feed and poultry feed manufactured, produced or prepared by such institutions for livestock and poultry reared by Government farms.