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  Agkicultuee. 
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  patron 
  that 
  the 
  substance 
  so 
  furnished 
  is 
  not 
  butter, 
  shall 
  be 
  pun- 
  

   ished, 
  (Laws 
  1895, 
  chap. 
  30, 
  sees. 
  4-9.) 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  knowingly 
  or 
  negligently 
  buy 
  

   or 
  procure 
  for 
  use 
  as 
  food 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  charitable, 
  correctional 
  or 
  

   penal 
  institutions 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  any 
  butter 
  or 
  cheese 
  not 
  made 
  

   wholly 
  and 
  directly 
  from 
  pure 
  milk 
  or 
  cream, 
  salt 
  and 
  harmless 
  

   coloring 
  matter, 
  and 
  the 
  violator 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  is 
  liable 
  to 
  pun- 
  

   ishment 
  by 
  fine 
  or 
  imprisonment 
  or 
  both. 
  (Chap. 
  189, 
  Laws 
  1897.) 
  

  

  '' 
  The 
  Governor 
  may 
  authorize 
  the 
  commissioner 
  or 
  his 
  assist- 
  

   ants, 
  when 
  not 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  performance 
  of 
  other 
  official 
  duties, 
  

   to 
  give 
  such 
  aid 
  in 
  farmers' 
  institutes, 
  dairy 
  and 
  farmers' 
  conven- 
  

   tions 
  and 
  the 
  agricultural 
  department 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  University 
  as 
  

   may 
  be 
  deemed 
  advisable. 
  (Sec. 
  1410-d, 
  K. 
  S. 
  1898.) 
  

  

  The 
  adulteration 
  of 
  food 
  and 
  drugs 
  is 
  prohibited. 
  The 
  term 
  

   drug 
  as 
  used 
  in 
  this 
  act 
  is 
  defined, 
  as 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  term 
  food, 
  which 
  

   shall 
  include 
  all 
  articles 
  used 
  -for 
  food 
  or 
  drinlv 
  by 
  man, 
  whether 
  

   simple, 
  mixed 
  or 
  compound. 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  food: 
  Lirst, 
  if 
  any 
  substance 
  or 
  substances 
  have 
  

   been 
  mixed 
  with 
  it, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  lower 
  or 
  depreciate, 
  or 
  injuriously 
  

   affect 
  its 
  strength, 
  quality 
  or 
  purity; 
  second, 
  if 
  any 
  inferior 
  or 
  

   cheaper 
  substance 
  or 
  substances 
  have 
  been 
  substituted 
  wholly 
  or 
  

   in 
  part 
  for 
  it; 
  third, 
  if 
  any 
  valuable 
  or 
  necessary 
  ingredient 
  has 
  

   been 
  wholly 
  or 
  in 
  part 
  abstracted 
  from 
  it; 
  fourth, 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  imi- 
  

   tation 
  of, 
  or 
  is 
  sold 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  another 
  article; 
  fifth, 
  if 
  it 
  

   consists 
  wholly, 
  or 
  in 
  part, 
  of 
  a 
  diseased, 
  infected, 
  decomposed, 
  

   putrid, 
  tainted 
  or 
  rotten 
  animal 
  or 
  vegetable 
  substance 
  or 
  article, 
  

   whether 
  manufactured 
  or 
  not; 
  sixth, 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  colored, 
  coated, 
  pol- 
  

   ished 
  or 
  powdered, 
  whereby 
  damage 
  or 
  inferiority 
  is 
  concealed, 
  

   or 
  if 
  by 
  any 
  means 
  it 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  appear 
  better 
  or 
  of 
  greater 
  value 
  

   than 
  it 
  really 
  is; 
  seventh, 
  if 
  it 
  contains 
  any 
  added 
  substance 
  or 
  

   ingredient 
  which 
  is 
  poisonous, 
  injurious 
  or 
  deleterious 
  to 
  health, 
  or 
  

   any 
  deleterious 
  substance 
  not 
  a 
  necessary 
  ingredient 
  in 
  its 
  manu- 
  

   facture; 
  provided, 
  that 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  not 
  apply 
  

   to 
  mixtures 
  or 
  compounds 
  recognized 
  as 
  ordinary 
  articles 
  of 
  food, 
  

  

  