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all paid to the State Treasurer. None of these go to the Depart- 

 ment for the enforcement of the law. This, in my opinion was one 

 of the best provisions that could have been placed in the law, as it 

 took out of the law the sting that the Department and its represen- 

 tatives were receiving money from the attorney and others who were 

 opposing the enforcement of the law. The Legislature, in its wis- 

 dom, provided an appropriation to cover the expenses for the en- 

 forcement of the law. The new law has increased the work. The 

 Laboratory now has one Chief Chemist and three Assistant Chem- 

 ists, with 'one Laboratory Assistant. In the office we have a Sten- 

 ographer, in the field work, there are three agents. We have plenty 

 of work for all to do. In fact the laboratory is now crowded with 

 work. 



I might refer to what we are finding in the markets at the present 

 time. We find that the man who compounds molasses grains has 

 found a mode of covering up a large amount of adulterations. He 

 takes as a base, distillers' grains or brewers' grains, and with this 

 he mixes rice hulls, peanut hulls, barley hulls, weed seeds and 

 screenings. The screenings here referred to are not wheat grains, 

 but they are weed seeds and other impurities that are screened out 

 of the wheat, oats and other grains that are purified for other pur- 

 poses. We are having quite a warfare against these dealers at the 

 present time. We find on the market a meal known as peanut hull. 

 This is being sold to some extent, and is found in some of the by- 

 product feeds. We also find a number of gluten feed manufacturers 

 that are artificially coloring their gluten feed. The question of 

 placing weed seeds in as an adulterant, is a very serious one to the 

 farmers of Pennsylvania. These weed seeds are not digestible and 

 they pass through the animal whole and are distributed over our 

 farms, and in a short time there is a new crop of weeds springing up 

 over the fertile farms of Pennsylvania, and our farmers are at a loss 

 to know where they come from. In this line, I would make a sug- 

 gestion to the Board, that they favor the law regulating the sale of 

 grass seeds in our State and have some standard of purity. 



The new law went into effect on August 1st, 1907. Prior to that 

 time, there were sent out 15,000 copies of the new law. These were 

 sent to as many of the feed dealers and millers in Pennsylvania as 

 it was possible to secure their addresses. Copies were also sent to 

 all of the manufacturers of feed products outside of the State. Care 

 was taken in sending these copies out, as each one was sent in a 

 sealed envelope. Copies were sent to the weekly and a number of 

 the daily papers throughout Pennsylvania. This Department did 

 this that the dealers might become versed in the new law, and not 

 be ignorant of its provisions. The laboratory in which this work is 

 being done is situated on the fifth floor of the north wing of the 

 new Capitol building, Harrisburg. If any of you wish to visit this 

 place and see the work there, Prof. Fuller, who is the Chief Chemist 

 in charge of the work, or any of his assistants would be glad to show 

 you what we are doing. I have here before you some samples of the 

 different adulterants, as the Chemist is finding them. I would be 

 pleased to have you examine them. 



This Division is being conducted for your benefit. I would ask 

 you to make use of the same. If you would for a few minutes just 

 turn your thoughts to the money value that this work is accomplish- 



