No. 25866, P-618. Sample of oysters sold by Geo. M. Roberts & Co., Baltimore, and procured from Moon & Aldrich, Battle Creek. Contains an excessive amount of water.

No. 25874, P-626. Sample of oysters sold by Geo. M. Roberts & Co., Baltimore, and procured from S. J. Freed, Battle Creek. Contains an excessive amount of water.

No. 25891, N-174. Sample of oysters sold by Chas. Neubert & Son, Baltimore, and procured from Bonnarito Bros., Saginaw. Contains an excessive amount of water.

No. 25892, N-175. Sample of oysters sold by C. Henning & Son, Saginaw, and procured from Charles Suley, Saginaw. Contains an excessive amount of water.

No. 25898, N-181. Sample of oysters procured from Joseph Navarro, 118 N. Washington, Saginaw. Contains an excessive amount of water. No. 25900, N-183. Sample of oysters sold by Dormer Fish Co., Bay City, and procured from James Brennan, Bay City. Contains an excessive amount of water.

No. 25902, N-185. Sample of oysters sold by Chas. Neubert & Co., Baltimore, and procured from A. Nord, Bay City. Contains an excessive amount of water.

No. 25903, N-186. Sample of oysters sold by Hammond, Standish Co., Bay City, and procured from Dean Bros., Bay City. Contains an excessive amount of water.

No. 25904, N-187. Sample of oysters procured from Arthur Moon, Bay City. Contains an excessive amount of water.

No. 25905, N-188. Sample of oysters sold by Powers & Kessler, Bay City, and procured from John Meyers, Bay City. Contains an excessive amount of water.

No. 25984, S-698. Sample of oysters sold by Planters Trading Co., Baltimore, and procured from D. Levy & Sons, Detroit. Contains an excessive amount of water.

No. 26059, G-857. Sample of oysters sold by Coventry & Co., Duluth, and procured from Samuel P. Payne, Hancock. Contains an excessive amount of water.

No. 26171, G-862. Sample of oysters sold by Pentecost Bros., Chicago, Ill., and procured from Wm. Gamble, Houghton. Contains an excessive amount of water.

No. 26214, P-648. Sample of oysters sold by Leib Packing Co., Baltimore, and procured from Hobbs Bros., Battle Creek. Contains an excessive amount of water.

No. 26215, P-649. Sample of oysters put up by J. H. Rose Co., Lansing, and procured from Newton Blake, Lansing. Contains an excessive amount of water.

No. 26426, D-46. Sample of oysters sold by J. G. Hamblen, Detroit, and procured from T. J. Minnie, Yale. Contains an excessive amount of water.

PEPPER.

No. 24695, S-590. Sample of pepper manufactured for the Valley City Coffee & Spice Mills and procured from J. F. Knapp & Son, Eaton Rapids. Above standard in ash content.

PICKLES.

No. 26335, F-16. Sample of onion pickles put up by Wm. Van Allen, 524 Sheldon St., Grand Rapids. Contains saccharin.

No. 26352, F-18. Sample of pickled beets put up by Wm. Van Allen, Grand Rapids. Contain saccharin.

No. 26353, F-19. Sample of mustard pickles put up by Wm. Van Allen, Grand Rapids. Contain saccharin.

No. 26398, F-24. Sample of sweet pickles put up by C. S. Walker, Grand Rapids. Contain saccharin, also benzoic acid or salts thereof with no statement on the label to indicate its presence.

No. 26399, F-25. Sample of mustard pickles put up by C. S. Walker, Grand Rapids. Contains saccharin, also benzoic acid or salts thereof with no statement on the label to indicate its presence.

No. 26511, F-31. Sample of Pickles manufactured by J. S. Walker, Muskegon, and procured from Anderson Bros., Grand Rapids. Contain saccharin. Not salable.

PRESERVATIVES.

No. 24699, S-594. Sample of "Konservirung's Salz" manufactured by B. Heller Chemical Co., Chicago, and procured from Hodgkinson & Johnson, Charlotte. A preservative salt containing boric acid. Not permissible in food products.

No. 25838, P-609. Sample of Freese-em procured from Ira Meyers, Kalamazoo. Contains sodium sulphite, a substance not permissible in food products.

No. 26111, I-1807. Sample of Special 77 Preservaline manufactured by The Preservaline Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., and procured from Ben Peavey, Adrian. Contains sodium benzoate not stated on the label.

No. 26607, P-678. Sample of Special 77 Preservaline manufactured by the Preservaline Mfg. Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., and procured from C. Luyendyk, Kalamazoo. Sample contains benzoic acid, sulphurous acid or salts thereof. Not permissible in food products.

No. 27151, G-888. Sample of XXX Enterprise Preservative manufactured by the Heller Chemical Co., Chicago, Ill. Sample is a mixture of sodium sulphite and potassium nitrate. Not permissible in food products.

PROCESS BUTTER.

No. 26556, E-17. Sample of process butter procured from R. J. Jobson, 1210 Ann Arbor St., Flint. Package not stamped.

No. 26919, P-704. Sample of process butter procured from FullerKirtland Co., Jackson. Package not stamped.

SUGAR BUTTER.

No. 25648, S-665. Sample of Sugar Butter manufactured by the Van Wormer Pure Food Co., Detroit, and procured from Peter Smith & Sons Co., Detroit. Misbranded.

No. 26266, E-4. Sample of Cane and Maple Sugar Butter manufactured by the Marshalltown Syrup & Sugar Co., Marshalltown, Ia., hand

led by C. Elliot & Co., Detroit, and procured from Sherman & Grettenberger, Perry. Misbranded in that percentage of ingredients other than maple are not stated on the label.

SYRUPS.

Thirteen samples of syrups were examined; five of these were misbranded. Sample No. 26499 is explained in one of the departments weekly bulletins and appears in another part of this bulletin.

No. 25206, I-1686. Sample of Snow Drift Syrup manufactured by the Union Starch Refining Co., Edinburg, Ind., handled by W. A. Bartley, Toledo, Ohio, and procured from Andrew Murray, Monroe. Misbranded. No. 25239, I-1692. Sample of Corn Syrup manufactured by the J. C. Hubinger Bros., New Haven, Conn., handled by Harnit & Hewitt, Toledo, and procured from W. F. Weisenger & Son, Deerfield. Misbranded.

No. 25414, I-1704. Sample of Table Syrup sold by the Feilbach Co., Toledo, Ohio, and procured from R. W. Boyd & Co., Adrian. Misbranded. No. 26066, I-1804. Sample of corn syrup manufactured by the Corn Products Co., New York, handled by Overmyer Co., Toledo, and procured from G. W. Wenzel, Adrian. Misbranded.

No. 26499, F-30. Sample of Pride of Michigan Syrup procured from A. L. Crawford, 1058 N. Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. Sample consists entirely of a cane or beet syrup flavored to imitate genuine maple syrup. Sold as pure maple syrup.

TURPENTINE.

This Department is charged with the enforcement of the turpentine law. Like the linseed oils the majority of the turpentines examined contained mineral oil as an adulterant and came from Cleveland, Ohio. Of the six samples analyzed, five of them were adulterated.

No. 26976, G-884. Sample of turpentine manufactured by the Southern States Turpentine Co., Cleveland, Ohio, and procured from the Tamarack Cooperative Association, Calumet. Not a pure turpentine, adulterated with a mineral oil.

No. 27015, I-38. Sample of "Pure Turpentine" manufactured by the Southern States Turpentine Co., Cleveland, Ohio, and procured from R. F. Fitzsimmons, Jackson. Sample contains about 21% mineral oil.

No. 27147, K-187. Sample of Zenith Spirits Turpentine manufactured by N. Z. Graves Co., Philadelphia, Pa., and procured from N. Z. Graves Co., 57 E. Woodbridge St., Detroit. Sample contains no turpentine and is a mixture of a mineral oil and some unidentified oil.

No. 27453, G-897. Sample of Turpentine manufactured by the Southern States Turpentine Co., Cleveland, Ohio, and procured from J. P. and G. H. Peterman, Mohawk, Keweenaw County. Sample contains 19% mineral oil.

No. 27455, G-899. Sample of Turpentine manufactured by the Southern States Turpentine Co., Cleveland, Ohio, and procured from Morgan & Grierson, Ahmeek. Sample contains 18.7% mineral oil.

VINEGAR.

Thirty-nine samples of vinegar were examined. Ten of these were found to be adulterated or misbranded. Michigan is one of the largest apple growing states, so naturally considerable vinegar is manufactured here. The old law required that apple vinegar should contain not less than 1.75% total solids, 4% acetic acid and .25% ash. When vinegar was made by the old process, that is by storing it in barrels and allowing it to go over into vinegar as it aged, this standard would hold good. However, with the new process, called the quick process of vinegar making, the standards were often a hardship. Therefore, at the last session of the legislature, the Act was amended, the standards were removed from the body of the law, with the exception of the 4% acid standard, and various kinds of vinegar defined. Competition in the vinegar industry is very keen. Consequently, there is great temptation to adulterate. This is usually accomplished by first reducing a vinegar of high acid strength with water, then adding distilled vinegar to bring up the acidity, finally adding more substance such as boiled cider or apple jelly and a mineral substance to bring the solids and ash back to that required by law. The final product often contains only 50% pure cider vinegar, while the rest is composed of the above materials. The whole is then branded "Pure Cider Vinegar" and sold to the unsuspecting public.

No. 25124, I-1684. Sample of cider vinegar procured from Cogan & Metty, Erie. Below standard in total solids and acidity.

No. 25270, U-313. Sample of "Pure Cider Vinegar" manufactured by Wm. W. Vaughan Co., Detroit, and procured from Geo. Masrob, Detroit. Not a pure cider vinegar but consists wholly or in part of a dilute acetic acid or distilled vinegar and foreign mineral matter in imitation of genuine cider vinegar.

No. 25306, I-1695. Sample of cider vinegar manufactured and sold by J. S. Rodgers, Adrian. Below standard in total acidity.

No. 25386, S-630. Sample of cider vinegar manufactured by Greenslade Oil Co., and procured from M. A. Whittemore, Milford. Sample consists wholly or in part of a mixture of dilute acetic acid or distilled vinegar, foreign material high in reducing sugars and added mineral matter in imitation of genuine cider vinegar.

No. 25514, S-646. Sample of Amber brand distilled vinegar manufactured by the Michigan Sugar Co., Saginaw, and procured from Lee and Cady, Saginaw. Product is distilled vinegar artificially colored with a coal tar dye.

No. 26165, G-859. Sample of cider vinegar handled by Roach & Seeber Calumet, and procured from Glass Bros., Ahmeek. Below standard in solids, acidity and ash. Contains coloring matter foreign to cider vinegar. Not a pure cider vinegar.

No. 26166, G-860. Sample of cider vinegar handled by Roach & Seeber, Calumet, and procured from Glass Bros., Ahmeek. Below standard in solids, acidity and ash. Contains coloring matter foreign to cider vinegar. Not a pure cider vinegar.

No. 26629, I-16. Sample of Tourist brand cider vinegar manufactured by Wm. W. Vaughan, Detroit. A sample of cider vinegar which has been diluted with water and contains foreign material high in mineral matter in imitation of genuine cider vinegar.

No. 26632, I-19. Sample of cider vinegar manufactured by E. L. Selleck, Manitou Beach. Below standard in acidity.

No. 26793, D-126. Sample of Oakland Apple Vinegar manufactured by the Oakland Vinegar Co., Saginaw. A sample of cider vinegar which has been diluted with water and contains foreign material high in mineral matter in imitation of genuine cider vinegar.

CONCENTRATED COMMERCIAL FEEDING STUFFS.

THE LAW.

Any manufacturer, company, person or persons who shall sell, offer or expose for sale or for distribution, in this State, any concentrated commercial feeding stuffs used for feeding live stock, shall furnish with each car, or other amount shipped in bulk, and shall affix to every package of such feeding stuff, in a conspicuous place, on the outside thereof, a plainly printed statement, clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds in the car or package sold or offered for sale, the name or trademark under which the article is sold, the name of the manufacturer or shipper, the place of manufacture, the place of business, and a chemical analysis, stating the percentages it contains of crude protein, crude fibre, nitrogen-free extract and ether extract, all constituents to be determined by the methods adopted by the association of official agricultural chemists. Whenever any feeding stuff is sold at retail, in bulk or in packages belonging to the purchaser, the agent or dealer shall furnish to him a certified copy of the chemical analysis named in this section.

(a) The term concentrated commercial feeding stuffs as used in this act shall include linseed meal, cotton seed meal, pea meals, cocoanut meals, gluten meals, oil meals of all kinds, gluten feeds, maize feeds, starch feeds, mixed sugar feeds, hominy feeds, rice meals, oat feeds, corn and oat feeds, meat meals, dried blood, clover meals, mixed feeds of all kinds, slaughter house waste products also all condimental stock foods, patented and proprietary stock foods, claimed to possess nutritive properties and all other materials intended for feeding to domestic animals: Provided, That such feeding stuffs, as defined above, shall not include hays, straws, fodders, ensilage, the whole seeds nor the unmixed meals made directly from the entire grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, flax-seed, maize, buckwheat, wet brewers' grains, malt sprouts, wet or dried beet pulp, when unmixed with other materials. Neither shall it include wheat, rye and buckwheat brans or middlings not mixed with other substances, but sold separately as distinct articles of commerce, nor pure grains ground together.

(b) Before any manufacturer, company, person or persons shall sell, offer or expose for sale in this State any concentrated commercial feeding stuff, he or they shall, for each and every feeding stuff bearing a distinguishing name or trade-mark file annually, with the Dairy and Food Commissioner a certified copy of the chemical analysis and certificate referred to in this section, and shall deposit with said Dairy and Food Commissioner a sealed glass jar, or bottle, containing at least one