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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



spondence Avith the manufacturers, and 274 samples were undergoing 

 analysis and test. * 



The inspectors and sample collectors of the board, operating 

 throughout the United States, collected 084 samples during the year. 

 A general classification of the articles represented in the collection 

 is as follows: 



IMPORT SAMPLES. 



During the year 35 official and unofficial import samples of insec- 

 ticides and fungicides were collected by the various port laboratories 

 of the Bureau of Chemistry for examination and test by the board. 

 Disposition was made of 30 samples, no official samples being found 

 not adulterated or misbranded, and 12 adulterated or misbranded, 

 or both, and it was recommended that entry to this country be en- 

 tirely forbidden or that the consignments be released when correctly 

 labeled. The remaining samples were unofficial, 7 of them being 

 found to be adulterated or misbranded, or both, and in these cases it 

 was recommended that future shipments be detained, while 11 were 

 neither adulterated nor misbranded. 



The preceding annual report of the board contained a statement 

 showing the progress made each year since the enactment of the 

 law in reducing violations thereof in relation to certain commonly 

 used spraying materials. The statement given below has been aug- 

 mented to include the year 1916. The increase in violations in 

 respect to lead arsenates and lime-sulphur solutions is due primarily 

 to the fact that the efforts of the inspection force were directed to 

 the products of manufacturers and repackers who were marketing 

 products of doubtful composition or were suspected of making incor- 

 rect claims for efficacy in their labels. 



Pcrcoifagc of riolations. 



