No. 6. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 363 



The CHAIRMAN: Gentlemen, you have heard this report; are 

 there any remarks? 



A Member: Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask whether the same 

 treatment that will kill the San Jose" Scale will also destroy the 

 scurfy scale. 



MR. BOYER: Yes, the lime, sulphur and salt will also destroy the 

 scurfy scale. 



MR. HUTCHISON: Mr. Chairman, we have with us Prof. Fuller. 

 He is doing a line of work of interest to us all. He is a new man 

 from New York State and I would like the members to meet him, 

 and would call on him to come forward and say a word. 



The CHAIRMAN: We shall certainly be very glad to have the 

 pleasure of hearing from Prof. Fuller. 



PROF. FULLER: Mr. Chairman and Members of the Board of 

 Agriculture: Coming down from Clearfield county the other day on 

 the train with Mr. Hutchison and the Secretary, Mr. Hutchison said, 

 the State Board meets in Harrisburg next week and I would like to 

 have you come and meet the members. I assured him of my pleasure 

 in coming and meeting the members of the Board. I asked him on 

 what subject I should speak. He said, well, tell them what you are 

 doing for the farmers of Pennsylvania. 



My work is under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 covering the inspection of stock feeding foods and ascertaining if 

 they are pure and if they are up to the standard of excellence guar- 

 anteed by the manufacturers. Periodical visits are made by the 

 agents of the Department in all the various sections of the State for 

 the purpose of collecting samples that are found in the markets; 

 these samples are forwarded to Harrisburg for examination, both 

 chemical and microscopical. During the past year some three hun- 

 dred samples have been secured in this way and sent to my labora- 

 tory. Only one serious adulteration has been found in the line of 

 feeding stuffs. It was an adulteration discovered in the western 

 part of the State where a sample of wheat bran was adulterated with 

 rice hulls. This was a very serious adulteration, rice hulls being 

 injurious to farm animals. Most of the violations of the law at the 

 present time seem to be in regard to the improper branding of of- 

 fals, especially of bran and middlings. The amendment to the pres- 

 ent law, which was approved the 24th of April last, provides that 

 the wheat offals and similar substances shall be tagged showing the 

 percentages of protein. 



During the past ten months between fifty and sixty prosecutions 

 have been brought in ten different counties. Of these prosecutions 

 we had fourteen cases against dealers handling a feed manufactured 

 by a western firm, and the adulteration in these cases was a defi- 

 ciency in the amount of protein and fat, the deficiency in protein 

 varying from one to four per cent, and the deficiency in fat about one 

 and a half per cent.; this of course caused a serious loss to the con- 

 sumer. The manufacturer of this particular brand of feed has very 

 wisely agreed to back up the dealers and pay the stipulated fines in 

 each case, withdrawing the unfit goods from the market and either 

 lowering the guaranties or improving the quality of this brand of 



