7149. Misbranding of dairy feed. U. S. * * * y. Backeye Cotton Oil Co., 
a corporation. Plea of gtctlty. Fftie, fSO and costs. ('F.' & t). No. 
9797.    I. S. No. 19953-p.)
On May 1, 1919, the United States attorney for the Western District of Ten- 
nessee, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the Dis- 
trict Court of the United States for said district an information against the 
Buckeye Cotton Oil Co., a corporation, doing business at Memphis, Tenn., 
alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
on or about April 16, 1918, from the State of Tennessee into the State of Mis- 
sissippi, of a quantity of an article, labeled in part "Animo Dairy Food Sweet, 
* * * Manufactured by the Buckeye Cotton Oil Co., Memphis, Tenn.," 
which was misbrauded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed the following results :
Per cent.
Crude  fiber 
19.55
Nitrogen 
2.10
Ammonia 
:_,    2. 55
Protein 
__L___-13;10
Misbranding of the article was alleged for the reason that the statement, 
to wit, "Protein Minimum 16% * * * Fiber Maximum 19%," borne on 
the tags attached to the sacks containing the article, regarding it and the 
ingredients and substances contained therein, was false and misleading in 
that it represented that the article contained not less than 16 per cent of pro- 
tein and not more than 19 per cent of fiber, and for the reason that it was 
labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief 
that it contained not less than 16 per cent of protein and not more than 19 per 
cent of fiber, whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained less than 16 per cent 
of protein and more than 19 per cent of fiber, to wit, approximately 13.1 per 
cent of protein, and approximately 19.55 per cent of fiber.
On June 20, 1919, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the
information, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs.
E. D. BALL, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.