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whether they are straight wheat offals or not, it has been decided 

 that from this time on the strict letter of the law will be observed, 

 and that the only concentrated feeds which will not be subject 

 to the requirements are the meals made from pure grains, and 

 wheat, rye and buckwheat brans or middlings. All mixed feeds, 

 even though they are the straight refuse from the milling of 

 wheat, will be hereafter included in the requirements." 



The large dealers in the State said that they believed that the 

 publicity which had been given to these fraudulent goods would 

 result in their not being sold except under the provisions of the 

 law. They also explained that the goods labelled mixed feed 

 by some mills were identical with those called brans by others, 

 that it would be difficult to get these mills to change their label- 

 ling and that the strict enforcement of the letter of the law would 

 result in a discrimination against perfectly reliable goods carry- 

 ing the name mixed feed. As a result it was decided to wait 

 and see what the outcome would be and no attempt was made to 

 see that the later ruling was complied with. 



When the inspector made his rounds in December, 1900, he 

 was instructed to draw samples of brans and mixed feeds. As 

 a result 46 samples were collected and analyzed. These goods 

 were surprisingly high in protein. The lowest of them was 

 labelled "bran" and had the appearance of being unadulterated. 

 The two low samples of mixed feed were also probably straight 

 goods. 



The value of the inspection is strikingly shown in that only 

 3 at all suspicious samples were found in December, 1900, when 

 a year earlier 24 samples of low grade goods were obtained. 



For the reasons above stated and because of the freedom of 

 this class of goods at present from adulterations, the Station will 

 continue to treat the straight products from the milling of wheat 

 as not coming under the requirements of the law. Brans, mixed 

 feeds and more especially middlings vary greatly in feeding 

 value. Large users will ahvays find it to their advantage to 

 send samples of these goods to the Station for analysis. This 

 analysis will be made free of charge and the results promptly 

 returned. 



