5578. Misbranding off eottonsreefl meiil. "TJ. S. * * * ?: The ^Cirfon See3 
& Fertilizes- Co., a eoi'poratiom. Plea of grwHty. Fiiie, ~$25 and 
costs.    (tf.-Js D. No. 8101.   1. S. No. 9168-1.)
On March 24, 1917, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Tennessee, 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 Union Seed & Fertilizer Co., a corporation, doing business at Memphis, 
Tenn., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act, on or about December 9, 1915, from the State of Tennessee into the State 
of Maine, of a quantity of an article labeled in part, " Krneda Prime Cotton- 
seed Meal," which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this 
department showed the following results:
Crude fiber (per cent) 
14.88
Protein (N x 6.25)   (per cent) 
34.1
Nitrogen   (per cent) 
,     5.46
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statement borne on the tags attached to the sacks regarding the 
article and the ingredients and substances contained therein, to wit, "Analysis 
Guaranteed Protein not less than 38.6% * * * Fibre not more than 
12%," was false and misleading in that it represented that said article con- 
tained not less than 38.6 per cent of protein and not more than 12 per cent of 
fiber; and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to de- 
ceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it contained not less than 
38.6 per cent of protein and not more than 12 per cent of fiber, whereas, in truth 
and in fact, it contained less than 38.6 per cent of protein and more than 12 
per cent of fiber, to wit, approximately 34.1 per cent of protein and 14.88 -gev 
cent of fiber.
On June 9, 1917, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the in- 
formation, and the court Imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
O. F. MARTIN, Acting Secretary "of Agriculture.