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COMMENTS. 



In commienting on the result of the inspection so far conducted, 

 the first fact to attract attention is the presence of some goods in 

 the market, at the time the samples were taken, in apparant vio- 

 lation of the law. These cases are explained in a variety of ways, 

 such as the shipping of the goods into the market before the law 

 went into effect, a change in the name of the brand, the refusal 

 of the manufacturer or jobber doing business in another state to 

 pay the license fee, thus throwing the responsibility on the 

 dealers, ignorance of the law and other reasons less valid. These 

 cases are receiving attention and the inevitable result will be 

 either finally to bring the offending parties into line with legal 

 requirements or drive their goods out of the markets of this 

 state. In the meantimie dealers are warned not to handle the 

 goods herein marked as illegally sold, no matter how high their 

 quality, until clear proof is furnished that the provisions of th.e 

 law have been fully met. There are so many brands of feeding 

 stuffs of high quality which may be dealt in legally that it is not 

 necessary to assume any risks in order to meet the demands of 

 all consumers. 



It is very noticeable that a considerable proportion of the sam- 

 ples fall short of the guarantee in protein and not a few in fat. 

 The percentage deficient in protein is 50 and in fat 30. In most 

 of these cases, however, the actual composition falls below the 

 guarantee no more than might be expected from the natural vari- 

 ations in composition. Additional samples must be taken in 

 order to determine the general composition of the several brands. 



A notable instance of fraudulent marking of an unlicensed 

 feeding stuff is the Mayflower Brand Oil Meal, guaranteed to con- 

 tain 32 per-ct. of protein, and actually containing about half 

 that proportion. 



One company reports the analyses of its goods on the basis of 

 what they would contain if water-free. As feeding stuffs are 

 never found in the market in a water-free condition, but seldom 

 hold less than 8 or 10 per ct. of water, such figures are deceptive 



