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make dairying one of the Leading farm industries of Hie State, and 

 comparatively few dairymen can raise grain enough to furnish the 

 amount of feed thai can be profitably used. This creates a great 

 demand for grain or cereal feeds that are especially rich in protein. 

 Jt is unfortunate, therefore, that so many of these feeds are subject 

 to adulteration, and in order to reduce adulteration to a minimum, 

 the act known as (he "Feeding Stuffs Law" was passed, requiring 

 dealers in "concentrated commercial feeding stuffs" to attach to the 

 package containing the feed they sell, a statement giving the name 

 and address of the manufacturer, the weight of the package and 

 the per cent, of crude fat and crude protein the feed contains. 

 When these provisions of the law are observed, the detection of 

 fraud is an easy matter, and whenever it is found, that the law is 

 not complied with, or that an incorrect statement is given of the 

 nutrient matter a feed contains, prosecution is instituted. The good 

 effect produced by the enforcement of the law is quite apparent. 

 A number of the manufacturers of these feeds, who formerly paid 

 no attention to the law, are now marking their goods as the law 

 requires, and in some instances, when conscience was awakened 

 by the recollection of fines paid, agents were sent over the State 

 to relabel goods, sometimes showing a reduction of from three to 

 seven dollars per ton, in their value as estimated upon the first guar- 

 antee. 



The Annual Feeding Stuffs Bulletin is now in the hands of the 

 printer. This bulletin, in addition to showing the results of analysis 

 of samples secured during the year, contains some very useful in- 

 formation concerning the relative value of standard feeds found 

 upon the markets of the State, and some important suggestions 

 designed to assist persons having the care of live stock in making 

 intelligent purchases of the qualities of feed they need. 



LINSEED OIL. 



The Act of 23d April, 1901, to prevent the adulteration of, and 

 deception in, the sale of linseed oil, was amended by the last Legis- 

 lature, so as to provide the means for making it operative. The 

 work of sampling oils and subjecting them to chemical examination 

 was, therefore, taken up, and during the year 120 samples were 

 secured and analyzed. It was an agreeable disappointment to this 

 Department to learn what a small per cent, of the samples secured 

 were adulterated. The few adulterations found were largely con- 

 fined to "boiled oil." Of the 331 samples of raw oil, 6 or 1 8-io per 

 cent, of the whole number were adulterated, while of the boiled, 

 the adulterations amounted to 8 per cent. The principal adulterants 

 found to be used in these oils, were, mineral oil, gasoline, rosin 

 oil, fish oil, and in some instances, a cheaper vegetable oil such as 

 oil of cottonseed or corn. The great quantity of linseed oil that is 

 used in paints applied to farm buildings, makes the quality of oil 

 found upon the market, a matter of very great importance to farm 

 ers, and this may be the reason why the General Assembly has 

 placed the duty of making these examinations and enforcing the 

 law upon this Department. Some prosecutions for adulterations 

 found have already been brought, and others will follow, until 

 every clear case of adulteration is reached. 



