76 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I913. 



Condi MENTAL Remedies. 



No recent examinations of condimental remedies have been 

 made at the Station. Condimental foods are remedies and not 

 food, and come under the requirements of the Food and Drug 

 Law. They are, so far as our observation goes, sold lawfully. 

 From time to time the Station has called the attention of feed- 

 ers to the uselessness of this class of remedies. The following 

 or similar statements have been published every little while and 

 are as true today as when they were first written. 



Facts to he Remembered. 



The mixture of ingredients contained in the ordinary foods 

 comprises all that are known either to practice or science as 

 useful to animal life. 



The ordinary cattle foods supply animal nutrition in the most 

 useful and economical forms. 



Condimental foods are absurd as medicines. If an animal is 

 well no medicine is needed, if ill, remedies adapted to the case 

 should be administered. 



It is to be hoped that the manufacturers of this class of 

 materials flourish not on the ignorance of farmers but on that 

 lingering remnant of old times, which made saltpeter and sul- 

 phur the universal cure-all for horses and cattle. 



The farmer can manufacture his own "condimental" food 

 at a fraction of the usual cost, by mixing a small amount of 

 such common substances as salt, sulphur, saltpeter, fenugreek, 

 caraway, etc., with the daily ration. 



The full text of the law will be sent on request. All corre- 

 spondence relative to work of inspection should be addressed 

 to Director Chas. D. Woods, Orono, Maine. 



