9565.  Misbranding of Monarch cow feed.     U.  S.     *      *     *     v. Monarch Mills 
Co., a Corporation.     Plea of grail ty.     Fine, SJ5100 and costs.     (F. & D.
No.   13166.     I.   S.   No.   586-r.)
On November 16, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern 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 Monarch Mills Co., a corporation, Chattanooga, Tenn., alleging shipment 
by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about October 
24, 1919, from the State of Tennessee into the State of Florida, of a,quantity 
of Monarch cow feed which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de- 
partment showed that it contained 22.89 per cent of crude fiber. Examination 
of a sample by said bureau showed that it contained wheat bran and probably 
wheat shorts, alfalfa, cottonseed meal, and peanut meal. No velvet bean meal 
and probably not more than a trace, if any, of peanut vine meal were present.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the inforniatijon for the reason that 
the statements;, to wit, " Fibre 15 per cent * * * Made from Wheat Shorts, 
Wheat Bran, Cotton Seed Meal, Peanut Meal, Velvet Bean Meal, Peanut Vine 
Meal, Alfalfa Meal, 1% Salt," borne on the tags attached t,o the sacks containing 
the article, regarding the article and the ingredients and substances contained 
therein, were false and misleading in that they represented that the said article 
contained not more than 15 per cent of fiber, and that it contained an appre- 
ciable quantity* of velvet bean meal and peanut vine meal, and for the further 
reason that the article was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead 
the purchaser into the belief that it contained not more than 15 per cent of 
fiber, and that it contained an appreciable quantity of velvet bean meal and 
peanut vine meal, whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained more than 15 per 
cent of fiber, to wit, 22.89 per cent of fiber, and only a trace, if any, of velvet 
bean meal and peanut vine meal.
On May 15, 1921, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf 
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100 and costs.
C. W. PUGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.