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Show you may get short Weight on your lard lp in Tloise when you buy a five-pound bucket of lard you get one weighing four pounds two ounces, and when you purchase a three-pound bucket yon get two pounds eight ounces, according, (o reports from Ui; Idaho capital. They evidently practice Ihc shorl-wcighl business busi-ness there, und when the stale dairy and food commissioner saw this report h" made nn investigation in Salt Lake. The result of his inquiry shows mat! consunieis here, when they make a purchase pur-chase of lard, lecelve live pounds. Including Includ-ing the package, and three pounds, including in-cluding the package. , In I "tab theje is no law compelling dealers to" give the eact weight on' hardly anything but butter. The department depart-ment follows the state law, in most cases. |