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The number of samples sent into the laboratory by citizens of 

 Pennsylvania was two hundred. This has been a great source of 

 furnishing information to the dealers and buyers of feeds. Anyone 

 who may want to have a sample of feed analyzed can have the analy- 

 sis made by forwarding the same together with fee of one dollar 

 to the Chief Chemist. A number of persons who are purchasing 

 high concentrated feeds such as cottonseed meal, linseed meal and 

 gluten feed which were bought on a guarantee for protein and fat 

 and low fibre, have sent in samples and had them analyzed, to keep 

 a check on the firms that were selling these high priced feeds. This 

 is a capital way for men to know what they are buying. A carload 

 of feed to-day amounts to between five and six hundred dollars, and 

 by the investment of one dollar, the purchasers can know whether 

 they are receiving true values or not ; but so very few take advantage 

 of this splendid clause in the law. 



The Secretary of Agriculture, Hon, N. B, Critchfield, ordered 

 prosecution last year in forty cases. Conviction was secured in 

 thirty-nine of these cases. One case has been appealed to court and 

 will be tried in due time. In 1910 there were sixty cases prosecuted. 

 This shows a decrease of twenty cases. This is a chart to show that 

 the feed conditions under our law are improving. 



I am going to digress a little and call your attention to a table 

 that has been placed in my hands a few days ago by a friend and 

 incorporated as a portion of this report: 



