50 ANNUAL REPORT OP THE Off. Doc. 



SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS. 



The results of the examinations are summed up by the chemist, 

 Dr. Frear, as follows: 



1. "There is a considerable proportion of cottonseed meal selling 

 under the grade 'prime' that is tot) daik to be admitted to this clas- 

 sification. 



2. "Flaxseed meal is being sold under the same name, whether 

 the fat has been removed or not. 



3. "The term, 'oat feed,' is applied both to oat hulls, and to mix- 

 tures of the hull with chopped oats, but no oat feed examined, has 

 the j)roportion of kernel found in the entire grain. 



4. "A very large proportion of oat hulls appears in mixtures sold 

 under the general names of chop, mixed feed, etc.; there is, in such 

 case, no technical misrepresentation; nevertheless, in the absence 

 of a statement of composition as required by law, the consumer is 

 buying a very large volume of inferior feed, without due notice. 

 This substitution of oat hulls for oats, appears also in feeds sold 

 under names indicating that the materials are made by mixing the 

 entire grains. 



5. "Cob meal has been found as an adulterant of wheat feed. 



G. "Many of the feeds contain many weed seeds, sometimes in a 

 whole condition; buyers should be watchful against such materials. 



7. "There is not only a very general failure to comply with the 

 legal requirements as to guaranty— which will doubtless be remedied 

 as the trade becomes better acquainted with these requirements and 

 more fully aware of the advantage which such guaranty eventually 

 gives to all honest dealers; but there is a too general failure to 

 meet the guaranty given. This is doubtless to be explained in part 

 by the lack of careful chemical control over the mixing operations; 

 but the deficiencies occur in too large a proportion of the cases, to 

 admit this explanation for all the observed instances." 



During the past year our agent was frequently met by millers 

 or dealers as he asked for a sample, with the remark, that "this was 

 the first knowledge they had of the existence of such a law." They, 

 however, as a rule, have expiessed their approval of its provisions, 

 and have agreed to so brand their goods in the future, as to com- 

 ply with its requirements. 



The value of the law, in protecting purchasers of cattle foods 

 against adulteration, cannot be estimated, but that it will be very 

 great, is clear, from the fact, that, previous to its enactment, our 

 State had become the dumping ground for all sorts of adulterated" 

 feeds, whilst now, with a single year's effort in the enforcement of 

 the law, the majority of the feeds have been brought up to the stand- 

 ard guaranteed. 



