ISO MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION". IOXH. 



badly infested field from the great majority of the bugs. When 

 plants are making as rapid growth as were these potatoes (each 

 stem growing about an inch a day), it is impossible with one 

 application to entirely free them from bugs, because there will 

 always be new leaves for the bugs to crawl onto and feed upon. 

 In the opinion of the writer, in order to kill potato bugs 

 with poisons, there are two important things to be observed. 

 First, the poison must be as evenly distributed as possible over 

 the entire plant : and in the case of infested fields, the first appli- 

 cation must be followed in one or two days by a second applica- 

 tion in order to kill the bugs on the new foliage. 



Feeding Stuffs Inspection" Law. 



Another instance of low grade cotton seed meal excluded fronu 

 Maine markets. 



The best laws are those which operate so quietly that the public 

 is likely to doubt their necessity or even to forget their exist- 

 ence. It is only occasionally that an open and conspicuous viola- 

 tion of our statutes caiis for their full and prompt enforcement 

 and satisfactorily demonstrates their effectiveneEs 



Since the enactment of the law regulating the sale of concen- 

 trated commercial feeding stuffs, it has occasionally, but decreas- 

 ingly, been said that the law is of no value. In the publications 

 of the Station the opposite of this position has been taken, and 

 evidence has from time to time been submitted to prove the value 

 of the law and the wisdom of the legislature that enacted it. A 

 recent instance of its working, in wa} s not generally appreciated, 

 is of interest and importance since it indicates also a desire on 

 the part of the large handlers of feeding stuffs to conform to the 

 law and to give their customers high grade goods. 



It has been many months since the Station has received a sam- 

 ple of low grade cottonseed meal, either from correspondents or 

 through its inspectors ; but a week ago a sample of bright cotton- 

 seed rr.ea. :: ?•::_ :':r z.~A ~t:hs.rd;al :cr.d:t:or, -.*.-£.= re:eived 

 from one of the largest jobbing houses in the State with the 

 request that it be analyzed. Accordingly the protein and fat 

 were determined and the following letter written : 



