The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-01-26

$4,000. with the expenses only trine
more than $4,000 That in spite of the
fact that practically no work was ac-
complished, along the line of getting
fees, for the first two months after
the department started in.
Not only is the department making
a great deal more than expenses. but
the livestock owner of the state is
assured that the feed he buys has been
inspected and is up to the standard, in
every particular The manufacturer
must first have his product analyzed
and then must place red tag contain
] ing the analysis and stating that the
product has been approved on the sack
before he can offer his wares for sale
This money does not come in the
shape of tax on the citizenship of
the state but from the pockets of the
man who makes the profit And, as
the charge is not made in the shape
of fiat rate but in proportion to the
actual amount of feed-stuffs sold, every
manufacturer pays simply his share
no moreno less.
At the present time, mixed feeds are
being sold in Oklahoma by concerns
from ten different states Oklahoma
leads, of course, with 364 manufac-
turers and 1855 feeding stuffs. Kan
sas is second, with SO manufacturers
and 264 feeding stuffs, and the other
states come in the following order:
Missouri, AZ manufacturers, 90 feed
ling stuffs Nebraska, Is manufacture
ers, 81 feeding stuffs; Illinois, l man
ufacturer, 13 feeding stuffs; Arkan-
sas, 5 manufacturers, II feeding stuffs !;
Colorado, manufacturers, 5 feeding
stuffs; Tennessee, l manufacturer, 4
feeding stuffs; Texas, manufacture
ers, feeding stuffs; Minnesota,
manufacturer, 1 feeding stuff.
The products embraced in this list
include wheat bran, mill run bran,
wheat shorts, corn chops, corn bran,
cotton seed meal and craked cake,
milo maize chops, milo maize head
chops, kafir chops. kafir heads, rice
bran, rice polish, dried brewers grain,
alfalfa meal, hominy feed. linseed meal
oat chops, oat feed, and also the by
products of packing houses, such as
the digester tankage, beef scraps
blood meal, etc.
House bill No. 294, approved March
III, 1911, by Governor Lee Cruce is the
measure providing for the establish
ment of the feed inspection depart
ment and the various regulations un
der which it shall operate. For var
ious violations of this law, fines are
provided running all the way from
$500 to $1,000. Some few manufac
Iturers have objected to different pro
visions in the act, but the greater ma
jority recognize that the statute is {
forward move, and all are complying
with the law on the subject.
The tags are shipped out in boxe!
of 1000. For each box, the state re
ceives $5.45. OF this, the $500 goe'
into the state treasury, the remaining
40 cents being the actual cost of pre-
: pairing the tags. When sent out by tn
department, the tags, which are sci
tally numbered are only printed OF
one side. The working recites tha
the money has been paid for the In
+. Ispection, the net weight of the sack
on which the tag is to be attached, ant
{. bears the signatures of President G
T. Bryan and Secretary Ben. Tennes
sey of the Oklahoma state board 0
: agriculture. The manufacturer thei
has his name, address, name of th'
article, weight and guaranteed an
alysis printed on the reverse side, sub
: mits this to the department for ap
proyal. after which he may sell hi