No. 7. • DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 409 



law did not go into effect until August 1st, 1907. My last report to 

 you covered five months of tbe work under the new law. This did 

 not give us very much time to test its workings, and it always takes 

 the citizens of the Commonwealth some time to adjust themselves 

 to the requirements of a new feed or food law. Tli's, we found to 

 be the case in regard to this law, and a good deal of care had to be 

 exercised in enforcing the law. The radical changes that were 

 made between the old law and the present one, were, that it required 

 the manufacturer, jobber or person who sold feed, to place the 

 analysis of the crude fiber on the package, as well as the composition 

 of the feed. This has been a great benefit to us in enforcing the 

 Feeding Stuffs Law, as the customer could readily tell what the 

 feed was composed of, and if the dealer gave a wrong composition 

 and we secured a sample, we were in a position to have him either 

 correct the statement on the sack or package, or we could bring 

 prosecution. 



Another change in the law was that it gave the residents of 

 Pennsylvania a right to send in samples to have them analyzed at 

 f 1.00 per sample, and required the Chemist to perform this work in 

 fen days from the date of receiving the sample. It also required 

 the analysis of all oflicial samples within sixty days after the same 

 were received by the Chief Chemist, at the Laboratory. You all 

 should be informed on this law as copies rf the same have been 

 mailed to you, and do hope you have taken the time to read the 

 same carefully. 



The Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings has pro- 

 Tidi»3d commodious quarters for the State Chemical Laboratory and 

 offices connected therewith, which have been occupied since April 1, 

 1908. They are situated on the fifth floor of the Capitol Building. 

 The laboratories occupy four rooms and are fitted up with the very 

 best appliances that can be secured for the work. Here the analyses 

 of feeding stuffs are made by the Ohi-ef Cbemist and his four 

 Assistants. This is a busy workshop. They also analyze Paris 

 Green, Linseed Oil and food samples. I would respectfully invite you 

 all to visit us. I am informed that this is one of the best laboratories 

 in the United States, under a Feeding Stuffs Law. 



T!he field work or securing of samples is done by two Special 

 Agents, who are appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture and are 

 under my direction. These agents have visited each county in the 

 Commonwealth in the last 13 months and have secured the follow- 

 ing number of samples in each county: 



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