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is uuloaded. Some responsible person should give the matter of proper 

 tagging careful attention rather than trust it to some irresponsible 



laborer. 



Retain Freight Bills. The State inspectors of feeding stuffs are also 

 federal inspectors and authorized to take samples of shipments made in 

 violation of the Federal Food and Drugs Act. In order to establish 

 evidence of interstate shipment it is necessary to secure copies of the 

 freight bill, bill of lading and bill of sale covering a shipment. Dealers 

 should, therefore, keep on file all the documents and pai)ers relating in 

 any way to all interstate shipments of feed stuffs. 



I'OINTS OF INTEREST TO PURCHASERS. 



Consult the annual bulletin and find out what companies are most 

 consistently^ meeting their guarantees. 



Do not buy a feed simply because it is cheap without comparing the 

 guaranteed analysis with that of other feeds that may be available and 

 also examine it carefully to determine, if possible, the ingredients of 

 which it is composed. In these times of high prices, one should consider 

 these points carefully. 



Do not send samples for analysis without first writing for instructions 

 on how to secure a representative sample. A sample from one bag or a 

 small handful taken from the top of several bags is not representative 

 and an analysis of such a sample would be of no value. The cost of mak- 

 ing an analysis is considerable and we cannot take the time to analyze 

 samples that are not representative of the lot from which they were 

 taken. Our inspectors are continually collecting samples of feeding 

 stuffs and in many cases we can furnish information concerning a partic- 

 ular brand of fee<l without making another analj'sis. 



When purcliasing feed in car lots, an inspector will l)e sent to draw 

 samples if the office of the chemi,st in charge is notified upon arrival of 

 the car. 



Do not accept feed in untagged or unlabeled bags except such feeds 

 as are exempt from license as heretofore mentioned. An untagged pack- 

 age gives the purchaser no guarantee as to analysis or ingredients and 

 furthermore the product is sold in violation of the feeding stuffs law. 

 Such cases should be brought to the attention of the office of the chemist. 



[f buying bulk feeds subject to license demand of the seller a printed 

 guarantee giving the analysis and ingredient — the law provides that the 

 imrchaser shall have it. 



COOPERATION WITH U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Through a plan of cooperation devised b}^ the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture the State inspectors are empowered to collect samples from 

 interstate shipment of feed. stuffs found in Michigan under the Food 

 <& Drugs Act. In this cooperative work twenty-four cases were referred 

 to the laboratory of tlie central inspection district in Chicago ; eighteen 

 of the samples were collected on account of deficiencies in protein, four 

 were untagged shipments and two were taken at the suggestion of the 

 Chief Inspector of the central inspection district. 



