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hundred and twenty-eight dealers, and examining twelve hun- 

 dred and fifty-two samples of seeds. It is very gratifying to 

 report that only eight samples warranted minute examination 

 and these were eventually passed. 



The results of th'e analyses of the samples, together with the 

 names of the dealers, may "be found in Official Inspections 

 No. 64. 



Feeding Stuffs Inspection. 



The 'Work of inspecting feeding stuffs was carried on during 

 the winter months, and registrations have occupied more or 

 less of our time throughout the year. The total number of 

 feeding stuff's registered during the year 1914 was four hun- 

 dred and fifty-one. These brands included a great variety of 

 feeds — cottonseed meals, cottonseed feeds, gluten meals, lin- 

 seed meals, dried distillers' grains; wheat offals, feed flours; 

 wheat offals, middlings ; wheat offals, bran ; wheat offajlis, 

 mixed feed ; also, numerous miscellaneous compounded feeds 

 and a long list of poultry feeds. 



In the enforcement of the law, it is the dutv of the in- 

 spectors of the department to visit the principal places in the 

 state where feeding stuffs are offered for sale, examine the 

 s'tock, find out if /the goods the dealers are selling are pro- 

 tected by registration and take samples for analysis. When, 

 upon examination, the amount of the protein, fat and fiber 

 content is determined, the results are compared with the manu- 

 facturer's certificate and the label on the package of the brand 

 in question, in order to discover whether or not the consumers 

 are receiving the quality of goods guaranteed to them. Even 

 by this system of careful inspection, it is impossible to secure 

 a complete index of the quahty of feeding stuffs offered to the 

 consumers of the state without the closest cooperation on the 

 part of the feed dealers, and when sihipm'ents of grain — cot- 

 tonseed meal in particular — are received by the grain dealers, 

 these dealers are advised and urged to draw samples and for- 

 ward them to the Station for analysis in order that the quality 

 of the goods may be determined and the dealers may act in 

 conformity with the law in dispensing them. Where brands 

 have been reported ''Not up to guaranty," or not protected by 



