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it will be noticed that there are very few cases of adulteration re- 

 ported. Following each table of analyses will be found a statement 

 of the number of samples which fail to come up to the manufacturer's 

 guarantee. While this number is comparatively large in some classes 

 of feeds, it will be noticed in the majority of cases that the difference 

 between the analysis and the guarantee is comparatively small. This 

 trouble is due largely to the manufacturers not adhering close enough 

 to the chemical analysis of their products in making up the guarantees 

 for them. , 



The present law requires the statement on the bag or tag of the 

 ingredients of which the feed is composed. Several seizures have 

 been made during the year on account of this requirement not being 

 complied with ; but as a rule the manufacturers have shown a willing- 

 ness to state what ingredients their feeds are composed of, and it is 

 believed that this requirement will make the mixed feeds put on the 

 markets of higher grades than in previous years. 



A few cases of adulteration have been found, in which a small 

 amount of corn meal had been mixed with wheat shipstuff. Such 

 cases are not considered as serious adulteration and there has been 

 no trouble in adjusting the matter with the manufacturers. 



In some of the corn products it was found that corn bran had been 

 used in such amount as to canse the feed to fall considerably below 

 its guarantee. In such instances the manufacturers have either 

 changed the composition of the feed or reduced their gimrantee on 

 protein and fat so as to conform with the analysis. 



In the examination of cracked corn only one sample was found 

 which contained damaged corn. This shows up remarkably well for 

 the large amount of this product used in the eastern part of the State. 



The most serious cases of adulteration have been with one brnnd 

 of molasses feeds, Mueller's Molasses Grains. The examination of 

 several samples of this feed have shown them to be adulterated with 

 rice hulls and ground corn cobs. Only a small amount of this feed 

 was found on the markets during the early part of the season and 

 owing to the continued efforts of the Department this feed is now 

 very seldom found on the markets of the State. 



During the latter part of the season one lot of low-grade rice bran 

 was shipped into the State. This was found before it was offered for 

 sale, and as the analysis showed it to be low grade, containing an 

 excessive amount of rice hulls, its sale was prohibited in the State. 



The results of the chemical and microscopic analyses of the samples 

 of feed taken by the inspectors of the Department during the past 

 year, on the whole, show a remarkably clean grade of products with 

 very little adulteration. This is due to the efforts of the Department 

 in enforcing the feed law, and as the work is extended each year the 

 markets of the State will be kept free from adulterated and mis- 

 branded feeds. 



