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rebate in proportion to the amount the goods fell below the 

 guaranty, then does he make a corresponding reduction in price 

 to the consumer on whom the loss actually comes? If not, and 

 he sells goods which perhaps were guaranteed to carry 41 per 

 cent protein but actually carry only 37 per cent without any 

 reduction in price, then he is increasing his profits at the ex- 

 pense of not only the manufacturers but the consumer. 



This practice, if it actually exists, can only be remedied by 

 the farmer taking an equal interest in the composition of the 

 goods he is buying and insisting on having a reduction in price, 

 or the rebate, on goods falling below guaranty. He should 

 refuse to pay full price for goods guaranteed to carry perhaps 

 41 per cent protein but actually carrying only 36 or 37 per cent, 

 as shown by the tag which the law obliges the dealer to affix 

 before he can lawfully sell such goods. As yet the consumers 

 have shown much less interest in the composition of the goods 

 than the dealers, and until they do, it cannot be expected that 

 they will receive the benefits from the rebates which they should. 

 The consumer has the same opportunity for free analysis of 

 feeds at the Station as the dealer, but very few consumers take 

 advantage of it. To obtain free analyses, however, the sample 

 must be taken according to the Station's directions in order to 

 insure us that it is fairly drawn. These directions will be sent 

 on application to Director Chas. D. Woods, Orono. 



Worm Seeds in Feeding Stuees. 



The oil meals and gluten feeds, the analyses of which precede, 

 have never been found to contain weed seeds of any amount. 

 The analyses of the feeding stuffs which are more or less likely 

 to carry weed seeds, follow. In most cases the official samples 

 have been tested for weed seeds, but rarely have the samples 

 which have been sent in by correspondents been so tested. In 

 no case was there an exact quantitative analysis made, nor were 

 the weed seeds tested for vitality. 



