28 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



EXHIBITIONS 



At the request of a number of County Fair Associations to make 

 exhibits of the work and methods of this Bureau, four such exhibi- 

 tions were made consisting- of charts of many species of insects 

 greatly enlarged showing their life history, photographs of orchards 

 properly pruned, cultivated and sprayed trees, fruit of many kinds, 

 spraying apparatus, chemicals for spraying, specimens of beneficial 

 and injurious insects, mounted birds and mammals. The work of 

 this Bureau has been very helpful and should be supplied with 

 appropriations to maintain its efficiency. 



DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY 



The Division of Chemistry was under the direction of Mr. Jas. W. 

 Kellogg, Chief Chemist, from whose report I take the following state- 

 ments: 



The work of this Bureau, as in former years, has been that of 

 collecting and analyzing samples of feeding stuffs and linseed oil, 

 and sending out reports, copies of bulletins, and answering requests 

 for information. 



One thousand samples of feeding stuffs w^ere collected and analyzed 

 during the year ; 327 towns in 56 counties were visited to make these 

 collections. Forty prosecutions for violation of the feeding stuffs 

 law were ordered ; |300.00 were secured for fines and costs from cases 

 ordered to be prosecuted in 1910, and |957.98 for prosecutions in 

 1911, making a total of |1,237.98 for the year. 



The quality of feeding stuffs has improved, as is evident from the 

 fact that no adulterations with rice hulls, corn cobs, and peanut 

 shucks were detected during the year. 189 special samples sent in 

 by dealers were analyzed, for which |187.00 was received. As pro- 

 vided by the law, and in compliance with requests from the Bureau 

 450 manufacturers of feeding stuffs registered with the department 

 during 1911. 



Reports showing results of analyses for 1910 to the number of 

 G,000 were sent to manufacturers and dealers in feeding stuffs. 150 

 samples of linseed oil were analyzed during the year, of which 14 

 were found to be adulterated and for which prosecutions were or- 

 dered, and for which |258.72 were received in fines and costs. |200 

 were turned into the Treasury from fines and costs from prosecu- 

 tions for adulteration of linseed oil brought in 1910. The adultera- 

 tion of linseed oil has increased during the year, which is due to 

 the fact that the last Legislature did not allow an appropriation for 

 the examination work, which is now working and will still more in 

 the future, work a hardship upon the honest manufacturers of paint, 

 and on those who are using it, which should include all citizens and 

 all owners of buildings. 



No work was done in the enforcement of the Paris Green law be- 

 cause the last Legislature did not make an appropriation to continue 

 this work. 



It is certainly to be deplored that when this Department is en- 

 deavoring to induce farmers to improve and beautify their premises 

 and take more pride in their homes, make these homes look inviting, 

 and improve and increase their crops, that on account of the Legis- 

 lixtvxe failing to appropriate a few thousand dollars, these people 



