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Protection of Purchasers of Poultry Foods. [Sept., 



as a warranty only that the actual percentages do not dilfer 

 from those stated in the invoice beyond the prescribed limits 

 of error." It also provides that " any statement by the seller 

 of the percentages of the chemical and other ingredients con- 

 tained in any article sold for use as a fertiliser of the soil, or 

 of the nutritive and other ingredients contained in any article 

 sold for use as a food for cattle or poultry, made after the 

 commencement of this Act in an invoice of such article, or in 

 any circular or advertisement descriptive of such article, shall 

 have effect as a warranty by the seller." 



The seller is liable to be prosecuted for any of the folio w^ing 

 offences : — 



(«) Failure -without reasonable excuse to give on, or before, or as soon as 

 possible after the dehvery of the article, the invoice required by this 

 Act, or 



(b) Causing- or permitting any invoice or description of the article sold by 



him to be false in any material particular to the prejudice of the 

 purchaser ; or 



(c) Selling for use as food for cattle or poultry any article which contains 

 any ingredient deleterious to cattle or poultry, or to which has been 

 added any ingredient worthless for feeding purposes and not disclosed 

 at the time of the sale. 



Under this Act also, every County Council is required to 

 appoint an Agricultural Analyst and one or more Official 

 Samplers, The Councils of County Boroughs are empowered 

 to make the same appointments, and many of them have done 

 so. Such appointments are subject to approval by the Ministry. 



In nearly every case, arrangements have been made for 

 samples of poultry food to be analysed by the Agricultural 

 Analyst at very low fees, and the advice and assistance of an 

 Official Sampler can generally be obtained free of charge. 

 Poultry-keepers should ascertain from the Clerk to the Council 

 of the County or County Borough what arrangements are in 

 operation in the district in which he is carrying on business. 



The purchaser, therefore, of poultry food can in a great 

 measure protect himself by requiring from the seller of the 

 material he is purchasing, a definite description of the material 

 and then submitting the article to the Agricultural Analyst for 

 analysis. Care should be taken to ensure that any sample sub- 

 mitted is representative of the bulk, otherwise the results of the 

 analysis may be misleading. 



If the services of an Official Sampler can be secured, and the 

 sample is taken in the prescribed manner by him, all question 



