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A sample of Gopher middlings and five samples of middlings 

 marked " Aloras " contained an excessive amount of weed seeds and 

 screenings. In a letter from the Brooks Elevator Co. of Minneapo- 

 lis, who claim to handle a large portion of this feed, the following 

 statement is made : " We are not selling this feed as standard mid- 

 dlings, but altogether on sample, and all buyers of it know that it 

 contains a mixture of ground screenings." Granting the truth of 

 this statement, it is nevertheless a fact that this feed has been offered 

 and sold, in some cases at least, as pure wheat middlings, as is evi- 

 dent from the following letters received from Massachusetts dealers : 

 " I have sent you under separate cover a bag which contained 

 these middlings so you can see just how they are marked. There is 



no tag to tell what they contain If there is anything 



further I can do to help you I will gladly do so, as 1 think the manu- 

 facturers should be looked after." 



" We gave the order for a car of standard middlings, and these 

 ' Aloras ' middlings were what was shipped us. We supposed them 

 to be straight wheat middlings. We do not now understand exactly 



what the screenings are We realized some little time 



ago that these middlings were very poor, but did not know what the 

 matter was with them." 



In the following instance the goods were evidently sold on sample : 

 " We did not buy this for straight standard middlings, but just 

 what card attached to each bag states." 



The attached tag in this instance read as follows : 

 New Occidental Milling Co. 

 Minneapolis, Minn. 

 Aloras, loo lbs. 



Protein, i6 per cent. 



Fat, 5 per cent. 



Fiber, 7.5 per cent. 



Guaranteed to contain no harmful ingredi- 

 ents. This feed is made of 90 per cent Pure 

 Wheat Middlings and 10 per cent of care- 

 fully selected ground screenings consisting 

 of broken flax, wheat and buckwheat, and 

 entirely free from dirt or noxious seeds. 



In addition to our own examination of the Aloras brands, samples 

 were submitted to two different microscopists connected with the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, who made the following 

 reports : 



