Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-03
FEED INSPECTOR
CAME SUDDENLY
LOCAL DEALERS OF FEED STUFFS
MADE TO COMPLY WITH THE
NEW FEED ACT.
SEVERAL CARS HELD
A. w. Parke Explains New Law to
Local Deaiers-SOme OF the Irre-
%guIarities.

Local dealers in feed received a
jolt yesterday when A. w. Parke, Of
Little Rock, one of the States feed
inspectors arrived in Pine Bluff and
proceeded to tie up several cars of
feed which had been shipped into
Arkansas in violation of the state law.
Even through the local dealers, who
have felt the sting of the Legislative
act are not to blame for the errors.
they are Inconvenience by them un-
til the manufacturers rectify the mis-
takes.
The last session of the Arkansas
which requires every foreign, as we'll
as native manufacturer of feed stuff
to register his products. It also re-
quires a chemical analysis lon all
ground OR crushed feed, and on all
mixed feed an inspection fee of 25
cents per tor must be paid.
The feed which was held up here,
for the most part, was shipped in by
unregistered manufacturers. These
send samples to the Department Of
Agriculture, and also a chemical ana
lysis of each product. The manufac-
turers are required to keep up to
this analysis with their products at
all times, and the feed inspectors
daily take samples from any feed
which does not look to be up to the
standard. These samples are subject
ed to an analysis by the state chemist,
and the knowledge that they ire daily
being taken acts as a tonic to any
~unscruplous manufacturer, who might
otherwise adulterate his feed.
Most of the local feed dealers were
visited yesterday by the inspector,
and the balance will be visited today.
In every instance where the law has
been violated, the feed will be, or
has been, held up until the matter
has been Strengthened.
One local dealer has on hand a car
of bran from a Missouri concern
which has not been registered in the
state. This will be held until the pro-
per certificates have been received
releasing the goods. Another concern
has about half a car of the same bran,
and it too will be held. Still another
dealer has chops which have not been
registered in the state, even though
the manufacturing concern is one Of
national reputation and has register
ed a number of other commodities in
the state. A fourth dealer has a con-
siderable amount of chicken feed
which was shipped in by one of the
largest manufacturers of feed in the
world, upon which the manufacturer
neglected to place inspection tags.
The wholesale house which has this
On hand had a sack of it on the side
walk for shipment when the inspector
came along. The travelling saleman
of the manufacturer was in the house
when the inspector directed the ship
ment be held, and he ordered tags by
wire for all the goods on hand. In
order to help the wholesaler out of
a bad hole, the inspector supplied a
tag in order that the merchant who
had ordered the feed might not be
disappointed.
There is much rivalry among the
manufacturers of feed and all pre-
dict that the present law is a good
one SO far as the consumer is con
cerned. The consum is already be-
ginning to study the analysis tags on
the feed, and realizing that the feed,
showing high in protein, is of most
value, consequently TIE manufacturer
has to raise the standard of protein
to catch the customer.
The state law also prohibits the
sale Of feed in packages other than
5, 10, 25, so. 100, 1875, $50, ITS and 200
pounds. This would prevent the sale .
Of the chicken feed which is put up :
in eight and one taird pound sacks, !
but the Department Is permitting the
sale of those in the original package
which contains 100 pounds.
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The state inspector has been cur
tcously treated by all the feed dealers