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Show ADULTERATED OATS. The pure food and drugs act is being stretched to cover a wide field. It was recently Invoked by the federal government govern-ment when seventy-five carloads of oats, adulterated with feed barley or water, were seized. It is said the practice has been common among grain shippers for many years and that such shipments have been pas.ed with a wink by knowing know-ing grain inspectors. A halt has now been called and grain dealers and shippers ship-pers arc being warned that the prevalence preva-lence of the custom will not be accepted accept-ed as an excuse fmr future adulterations, adultera-tions, and that prosecution will follow infraction of the law. 4iFeed barley" is the product which remains after tbc bet grade of the grain has been removed for malting purposes, and usually contains wed seeds, foreign grains and dust. Tho investigations in-vestigations of the agricultural department depart-ment revealed the fa"t that water is sometimes added to the amount of from t wo to four per t-ent, making a bad mixture. Farmers sometimes bow a little wheat with oafs in order to increase in-crease the weight o the product, but whenever thoy overdo it they are docked by the grain buyers and elevator mm. Th parage of the puro fond and drugs act and its rigid enforcement has done a world of good in tho United State;1. Manufacturers who habitually adulterated thir products without regard re-gard to the health of their customers have been taught that, hone?ty is the br-t policy, and the buying public has learned to discriminate between cheap and nHstv poods acd those of the best Cradr a little higher in price. The desire de-sire to make in on1;.' i no eine for ad itl t era t i on, nnd public, pentum-nt will u-tain the government in the pros ecu-tion ecu-tion of ea-'h and everv offender. |