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tinct medicinal properties. The other 31.3 per cent did 

 not possess these properties worthy of mention. Of the 

 former class, 41 had a tonic action, stimulating digestion 

 and body vigor ; 20 had diuretic properties, i.e., stimulated 

 the action of the kidneys; 18 were laxatives, promoting 

 bowel action; 10 were vermifuges or worm expellants; 

 and 8 were astringents. 



Street ^ of the New Jersey Station made a compre- 

 hensive microscopical and chemical analysis of fifty 

 different brands of condimental feeds and condition 

 powders sold in New Jersey in 1904. From this study, 

 and a review of the results of feeding experiments, he 

 came to the following conclusions : 



1. "A loss of appetite, or a run-down condition, in- 

 duced by over-work or insufficient feed, may often be 

 remedied by the use of a stimulating or tonic food, the 

 ingredients for making which the feeder should always 

 keep at hand. In the majority of cases simply a change 

 of food will bring about the desired effect, but when this 

 is ineffective a liberal use of common salt in the ration 

 will generally prove beneficial. 



2. "The claims of the manufacturers of condimental 

 feeds, when not preposterous, are exaggerated and mislead- 

 ing. No one feed, however skillfully compounded, can 

 serve as a remedy for all ailments of all classes of live-stock. 



3. "Instead of being prepared according to scientific 

 formulas, as claimed, many of the condimental feeds are 

 heterogeneous mixtures, with little regard to the require- 

 ments of the animal, and in certain cases the drugs used 

 have a counteracting effect on each other. 



4. "Even where effective drugs have been used, the 

 amount of the mixture to be given to the animal, accord- 



> BuU. 184. 



