5949.   Misbranding of   cottonseed   meal.    V.   S.    *    *    *    v.   The   Cottonseed 
Products  Co., a corporation.    Plea oŁ guilty.    Fine, $35.     (F.  &  D.
No. 8261.    I. S. No. 3560-1.)
On July 6, 1917, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Kentucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
tie Cottonseed Products Co., a corporation, Louisville, Ky., alleging shipment 
by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about January 
18, 1916, from the State of Kentucky into the State of New York, of a quantity 
of an article labeled in part, " Owl Brand High-Grade 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) 
14.6
Protein (N X 6.25)   (per cent) 
34.7
Nitrogen   (per cent) 
5.54
Ammonia (percent) 
6.73
Low in ammonia, protein, and nitrogen; high in fiber. 
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, " Guar- 
anteed Analysis * * * Ammonia . . S% Protein . . 41% * * * Nitro- 
gen . . Qi * * * These are minimum guarantees frequently runs higher, 
Fibre, Maximum . . 10%," was false and misleading in that it represented 
that the article contained not less than 8 per cent of ammonia, not less than 
41 per cent of protein, not less than 6| per cent of nitrogen, and not more 
than 10 per cent of fiber, and for the further reason that it was labeled as 
aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that it 
contained not less than 8 per cent of ammonia, not less than 41 per cent of 
protein, not less than 6i per cent of nitrogen, and not more than 10 per cent 
of fiber, whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained less than the amounts 
indicated of ammonia, protein, and nitrogen, and more than 10 per cent of 
fiber, to wit, approximately 6.73 per cent of ammonia, approximately 34.7 per 
cent of protein, approximately 5.54 per cent of nitrogen, and 14.6 per cent of 
fiber.
On October 8, 1917, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to the 
information, and the court imposed a fine of $35.
C. F. MAEVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.