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edge or ignorance as to requirements on the part of the retail 

 dealers. The specific difficulties encountered in the enforcement 

 of this act are the same as described in our report for the year 

 ended September 30, 1913, which have not as yet been remedied 

 by legislation; namely, the difficulty as to certain cider vinegars 

 which are pure apple vinegars, and which, though m/ade from pure 

 cider, do not contain two per cent, solids. 



The standard for solids was created or made by the Legisla- 

 ture at a time when it was believed that no pure cider vinegar 

 would contain less than that amount of solids, but at a time when 

 the manufacture was on a smaller scale and in which generators 

 were not generally used. It was believed at that time that any 

 vinegar containing less than two per cent of solid? could not be pure 

 cider vinegar, and this was declared by statute to be the fact. It 

 has since been ascertained that large quantities of cider vinegar 

 are being manufactured which will not have such an amount. As 

 a whole, the vinegar being sold upon the markets of the State is 

 vinegar, and is the kind of vinegar indicated by its label. 



FEEDING STUFFS 



Article VII of the statute defines concentrated commercial feed- 

 ing stuffs and provides that certain statements as to contents and 

 analysis shall be attached to packages, and that further statements 

 be filed with the Commissioner of Agriculture, same to be ac- 

 companied by sample and affidavit when requested. It provides 

 for license fee and for the Commissioner of Agriculture to take 

 samples for analysis, such analysis to be made by the Director of 

 the Experiment Station ; it also provides for the sale of adulterated 

 meal or ground grain. 



During the year 1915 there were collected 1,313 samples of feed- 

 ing stuffs, and same were forwarded to the Director of the Experi- 

 ment Station for analysis. There has been referred to the Legal 

 Bureau of the Department evidence relative to 118 samples, for 

 consideration and such action as might seem advisable. There 

 has been compiled and forwarded to the Director of the Experi- 

 ment Station for publication information relative to samples col- 

 lected, which information will appear in bulletin form. 



