5258.  Misbranding of cottonseed meal.    II. S.     *     *     *     v. The Farmers Oil 
&.  Fertilizer  Co..  a  corporation.     Plea   of  nolo   contendere.     Fine,
$50 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 7673.    I. S. No. 19862-1.)
On October 25, 3916, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District 
Court of the United States for said district an information against the Farmers 
Oil & Fertilizer Co., a corporation, doing business at Texarkana, Tex., alleging 
shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about 
February 26, 1916, from the State of Texas into the State of Iowa, of a quan- 
tity of cottonseed meal which was misbranded. The article was labeled in 
part: " Bull Brand Cottonseed Meal * * * Analysis Protein 41 to 43% Fat 
6 to 8%   Crude Fibre 8 to 10%   Carbohydrates 26 to 28%    *   *   *."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed the following results:
Protein (per cent) 
38.87
Above analysis shows the product to contain less than 41 per cent 
protein.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that 
the statement regarding it and the ingredients and substances contained therein 
appearing on its label, to wit, "Analysis Protein 41 to 43%," was false and mis- 
leading in that it indicated to purchasers thereof that it contained not less than 
41 per cent of protein; and for the further reason that the article V\ as labeled 
as aforesaid, so as to deceive and mislead the purchasers into the belief that it 
contained not less than 41 per cent of protein, when, in truth and in fact, it 
contained less than 41 per cent of protein, to wit, 38.87 per cent thereof.
On November 14, 1916, the defendant company entered a plea of nolo con- 
tendere to the information, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
E. A. PEAESON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.