CONTROL SERVICE. 



(A sub-division of the Department of Chemistry, J. B. Lindsey, Chemist.) 



INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FEEDSTUFFS. 



BY PHILIP H. SMITH, FRANK J. KOKOSKI, AND GEORGE B. DALRYMPLE, CHEMISTS, 

 FREDERICK A. McLAUGHLIN, MICROSCOPIST, AND JAMES T. HOWARD, INSPECTOR. 



Summary. 



This bulletin contains the results of the twentj^-ninth year of feeding stuff inspec- 

 tion. During the year (Sept. 1, 1924, to Sept. 1, 1925), 1,200 samples of feeding stuffs, 

 collected of dealers and manufacturers, were analyzed and are herein reported. This 

 number is somewhat less than for several years preceding, due to the fact that it was 

 not possible to keep an inspector on the road durmg the summer owing to lack of 

 funds. Two hundred and thirty-five dealers, located in 163 towns and cities, were 

 visited at least once. Eight hundred and forty-seven brands of feedstuffs were regis- 

 tered for sale in Massachusetts by 245 manufacturers or dealers. 



Two samples of cottonseed meal were drawn in cooperation with the United States 

 Department of Agriculture on account of low protein content, resulting in the seizure 

 of one carload, which was released for sale after being re-tagged in accordance with 

 its true analysis. One case of failure to register was successfully prosecuted in the 

 local courts. Through the cooperation of the Food and Drug Division of the State 

 Department of Health a dealer was summoned to court for the sale of ground oats 

 adulterated with oat hulls, convicted and fined twenty-five dollars. Two lots of 

 meat scrap containing about 15 per cent of sand were found. This represented an 

 attempt on the part of the manufacturer to reduce a 55 per cent grade to 45 per cent 

 of protein. Reasoning from the practice of reducing grades in the manufacture of 

 fertilizer through the addition of inert material, it was thought that the same pro- 

 cedure might be adopted for meat scraps. Upon presentation of the facts, the prac- 

 tice was discontinued. 



As a whole, feeding stuffs have been as represented. Deviations from guarantee 

 have not been numerous when volume of goods sold is considered. In a few instances 

 where substantial variations from guarantee have been noted in several samples col- 

 lected, manufacturers have been warned that the brands at fault will not again be 

 accorded registration unless the formulas are modified to make the articles sold con- 

 form to guarantee, or guarantees changed to conform to feedstuffs as made. 



