198 ANNUAL JtEPORT OF TIIK , Off. Doc. 



KErORT OF THE BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY FOR THE YEAR 



1910 



By .TAMES W. KELLOGG, Chief Chemist. 



The amount of work done by the Bureau of Chemi.stry during the 

 year 1910 was somewhat in excess of that performed during the 

 previous year. 



The collection of samples of Feeding Stuffs, Paris Green and Lin- 

 seed Oil by Special Agents of the Department, in compliance with 

 the provisions set forth in the laAvs regulating the sale of these com- 

 modities in Pennsylvania, was carried on as in former years. The 

 number of samples of Feeding Stuffs secured was in excess of the 

 number collected during 1909, while the number of samples of Paris 

 Green and Linseed Oil received was about the same as last year. 



The number of prosecutions for violations of these laws ordered 

 during the year was 71, a slight increase over the number brought 

 in 1909. The number of violations of the Feeding Stuff Law was 

 68, 8 of which were based on samples taken during the latter part 

 of 1909. Two were brought for the adulteration of Linseed Oil and 

 one was ordered against parties selling a mixture of chemicals for 

 Paris Green. All but two of these cases have been adjusted satis- 

 factorily to the Department. In the majority of cases, the defen- 

 dants waived a hearing, plead guilty and paid the amount of the 

 fines imposed by the magistrates, together with the costs in each case. 

 Several hearings were held in different sections of the State, w^hich 

 were attended by the General Agent, Special Agents and the Chief 

 Chemist, all of which were terminated in favor of the Department. 

 The few cases referred to which were not adjusted are still pending, 

 one being a Feeding Stuff ease held over for a later term of Court, 

 and the other being a Paris Green case which was reported to the 

 District Attorney for prosecution in the district in which the sam- 

 ple was taken and which has not been called for a hearing. The 

 fines and costs received in the settlement of cases of prosecution re- 

 ferred to, amounted to Two Thousand, seven hundred, fifty-nine 

 dollars and forty cents (|2,759.40), and were covered into the State 

 Treasury as provided by law. 



During 1910, 1,420 samples of feeding stuffs were secured and 

 forwarded to the Bureau by our Special Agent, who visited nearly 

 every section of the Commonwealth. These samjjles were analyzed 

 chemically and examined microscopically in our laboratory in the 

 usual manner, and reports were made in each case to the Secretary 

 of Agriculture, to the dealers from whom they were obtained and 

 to the manufacturers or importers responsible for their production 

 and importation. 



The quality of the feeding stuffs examined was found to be consider- 

 ably better than those secured last vear. The number of deficiencies 



