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developed the fact that this was due very largely to dimatic conditions which 

 affected the wheat crop. As the Canadian wheat offals are free from screenings 

 and of general good quality, no attempt was made to have the goods re-guaran- 

 teed. The condition was temporary and will no doubt correct itself. 



The standards for Alfalfa Products, adopted by the Association of Feed Control 

 Officials, are: — 



Alfalfa Meal is the product obtained from the grinding of the entire alfalfa 

 hay, without the addition of any alfalfa stems, alfalfa straw or foreign material, 

 or the abstraction of leaves. It must be reasonably free from other crop plants 

 and weeds, and must not contain more than 33 per cent of crude fiber. 



Alfalfa Leaf Meal is the ground product consisting chiefly of leafy materials 

 separated from alfalfa hay. It must be reasonably free from other crop plants 

 and weeds and must not contain more than 18 per cent of crude fiber. 



Alfalfa Stem Meal is the ground product remaining after the separation of 

 the leafy material from alfalfa hay or meal. It must be reasonably free from 

 other crop plants and weeds. 



The relation of guarantee to actual analysis for the alfalfa products was far 

 from satisfactory. Of the thirty-six samples reported, sixteen showed either a 

 deficiency in protein or an excess of fiber, or both. Six samples of Wirthmore 

 Poultry Greens collected were all deficient. In justice to the jobbers it may be 

 said that the goods were bought in good faith and when attention was called to 

 the quahty of the product new guarantees were attached and the brand discon- 

 tinued. 



The Federal Department of Agriculture, acting under the authority of the 

 Food and Drugs Act, have drawn numerous samples of so-called alfalfa leaf 

 meal and have also made many prosecutions which should have the effect of plac- 

 ing its sale on a better basis. It is quite evident that milHng processes are faulty 

 or that the demand for alfalfa leaf meal exceeds the supply. 



The table of deficiencies is worthy of careful study both by the purchaser and 

 by the manufacturers and jobbers whose names appear therein. While a defi- 

 ciency of one per cent in protein, one per cent in fat, or an overrun of one per 

 cent in fiber is not necessarily serious and should not in every case be made the 

 basis for prosecution, it is believed that especially for feeds containing several 

 ingredients it is possible without undue hardship to make products which will 

 not vary from the limits set. 



Microscopic Examination 



Five hundred and eighty-three samples of feeding stuffs were submitted to 

 microscopic analysis, of which only nine showed a variation from guaranteed 

 components. In most instances these variations could be attributed to acci- 

 dental rather than intentional adulteration. The feeds in which the listed 

 ingredients do not correspond to microscopic analysis follow: 



King Dairy Feed with Beet Pulp Cutler Co. A small amount of brewers grains 



found; not declared. 



White Stock Feed J. B. Garland & Son Salt and calcium carbonate de- 



clared; not detected. 



Greene's Grofast Chick Mash and Greene Chick Feed Co. Cocoa shells found; not declared. 



Greene's Laymor Mash These feeds are no longer manu- 



factured. 



M. G. C. Laying Mash Marshall Grain Co., Inc. Kaffir corn meal found; not de- 



clared. 



R-Own Dairy Ration (2 samples) Rockdale Mills Brewers grains found; not de- 



clared. 



