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prosecution ; too late, however, to be of any avail as the cases 

 were nol prossed on recommendation of the County Attorney 

 under date of May 13, 191 5. 



Deputies of the department again visited the plant of the 

 New Mineral Fertilizer Company at Rumford and found upon 

 the examination of the freight records that from April 9 tcv 

 June 2 twelve carloads, averaging about twenty-two tons to the 

 carload, had been shipped ; the railroad accounts, however, did 

 not reveal that any intrastate shipments had been made, all of 

 the goods having been sent beyond the state borders. As for 

 the results of the analyses of the samples taken this year, they 

 are essentially the same as previous analyses have shown. A 

 sample was taken from an individual who seemed to believe 

 explicitly in the value of the goods, and this examination 

 seemed to show that the product carried no added plant food. 



As far as possible the financial condition of the company 

 was investigated. The status of the case was again outlined 

 in correspondence with the County Attorney of Cumberland 

 county, but I regret to report that the matter still remains in 

 an unsettled state. 



Fungicides and Insecticides Inspection. 



The inspection and registration of fungicides and insecti- 

 cides were not as laborious as in previous years ; this seemed 

 to be partly due to the fact that the law, being a year older, 

 was more clearly understood ; there also seemed to be a better 

 understanding on the part of the dealers as to the definition of 

 insecticides. The year was marked by some increase in the 

 number of registrations, but I regret to report that the number 

 of samples collected was very small, only thirty-three being 

 taken. The variety, however, included most of the substances 

 used by agriculturists in repelling, mitigating and exterminat- 

 ing the different insect pests which infest vegetation and 

 animals : Arsenate of lead, arsenate of zinc, Paris green, lime- 

 sulphur solution, lice killers, moth repellents, larkspur lotions, 

 "Rat-Bis-Kit" Paste (carrying insecticidal claims). Cooper's 

 sheep dipping powders, etc. 



As for the results of the analyses, not one of the samples 

 taken showed a serious deficiencv. A few cases were found 



