781!). Misbranding- of Dr. JOeGear's Hog- Prescription. V. S. * * * v. 10 
Pacleag-es of Drngs Labeled in Pari " Br. LetJear's Hog- Prescrip- 
tion." Default decree of condemnation, fovfeitnre, and destruc- 
tion.     (F. & D. No. 11874.     I.  S. No. 8551-r.     S. No.  C-1677.)
On or about January 11, 1920, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Iowa, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in 
the District Court of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure
and condemnation of 10 packages of Dr. LeGear's Hog Prescription remaining 
unsold in the original unbroken packages at Davenport, Iowa, alleging that the 
article had been shipped on February 17, 1919, by the Dr. LeGear Medicine Co.; 
St. Louis, Mo., and transported from the State of Missouri into the State of 
Iowa, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as 
amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showred that it consisted essentially of a mixture of sodium sulphate, 
ferrous sulphate, powdered charcoal, wormseed, mill screenings, and unidentified 
vegetable tissue.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the libel in that the statements on 
the packages containing the article, regarding the article and its curative and 
therapeutic effects, to wit, " The worm expeller' * * * Good for many cases 
of so-called Cholera in'Hogs, such as Diarrhoea, Bowel Troubles, Kidney Worms, 
etc. * * * For Diarrhoea, Dysentery and other Bowel Troubles resembling 
Chplera * * * For Kidney Worms or Paralysis * *\ * To Prevent 
Disease * * * " were false and fraudulent in that the article consisted essen- 
tially of ferrous sulphate, sodic sulphate, mill screenings, charcoal, wormseed, 
and other plant materials, and contained no ingredient or combination of in- 
gredients capable of producing the effects 'claimed for the article by the above 
statements.
On April 22, 1920, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the article be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.