INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL FEEDSTUFFS 



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According to figures taken from a wholesale drug list, the price of these ingre- 

 dients is approximately: 



Per Pound 



At the prices for which these ingredients can be purchased, and with 90 per 

 cent of salt in the mixture, it could be sold at a good profit at the rate of five 

 cents a pound. While its sale can be considered nothing less than fraud, yet it 

 was so carefully planned as to leave no loophole for legal procedure against it. 



It is suggested that dealers who are solicited to act as agents for ] roducts of 

 this sort request samples of the materials for examination before entering into a 

 contract for their purchase. 



