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in Peiinsvlvania, as established by the recent analyses, with 

 that of similar goods sold in New England since the enact- 

 ment of cattle food laws. Such comparison of the prin- 

 cipal concentrated feeding stuffs shows that, almost without 

 exception, the goods sold in New England arc superior in the amounts 

 of most valuable constituents contained to those sold in Pennsylva- 

 nia. In the case of gluten feed, for example, the average figures 

 for Pennsylvania are 24.72 per cent, protein, 2.84 per ceot. fat; in 

 New England, 2D.(>8 per cent, protein, 3.74 per cent, fat, though this 

 is probabl}' the most extreme divergence shown by the comparison. 



Summarily stated, the object of such legislation is to establish 

 State machinery for the examination of such cattle foods as are com- 

 monly sold through the jobber and are subject to material altera- 

 tion of a nature not easily detected by the consumer without, on the 

 other hand, embarrassing the trade too greatly and, so far as practi- 

 cable, without placing undue burdens upon the small manufacturer. 



To attain these ends, it is probable that, for the sake of the country 

 miller, whole grains, chops and meals prepared from pure unmixed 

 grains, and possibly unmixed bran and middlings sold directly from 

 the manufacturer to the consumer, should be exempt from the re- 

 quirement of affixing a brand containing a guaranty of composition; 

 but certainly all other concentrated foods should be sold only under 

 a guaranty of their protein and fat content. The brand should also 

 state the trade name of the article sold, the quantity contained in the 

 package, and the name and address of the manufacturer. It should 

 also secure to the officers of the control the right of examination of 

 all commercial concentrated cattle foods, so that such as are exempt 

 from the brand and guarantee requirements for reasons just stated, 

 may from time to time be tested as to purity. In order to prevent 

 any infraction of the law, I believe that publication is in most in- 

 stances suflftcient, but there are cases in which the danger of a some- 

 what severe penalty alone will act as a deterrent, and the control 

 officers should, therefore, be able to secure, whenever in their judg- 

 ment it is necessary', the iutliction of such penalty from guilty parties, 

 the deliberate adulteration of a cattle food or misbranding should 

 be as heavily punished as a simple failure to sell goods of the quality 

 guaranteed; though the crime of adulteration is visited in neighbor- 

 ing States with a somewhat smaller perialty than that which it at- 

 taches to the failure to properly brand the goods or live up, in point 

 of quality, to the guarantee. There are many points of interest in 

 connection with the methods of maintaining and officering such con- 

 trols in our neighboring States, but I will not at this time attempt a 

 discussion of such details. The enactment of a food control law for 



Pennsylvania is now being discussed in several interest(Hl quarters. 

 Each detail of such a law should receive careful consideration, but I 



