10718.?Adulteration of shell eggs. TJ. S. v. Andy S. Calico. Plea of guilty. Fine, $50 and costs. (F. & D. No. 16024. I. S. No. 13464-t.) On May 24, 1922, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of? Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the? District Court of the United States for said district an information against? Andy S. Calico, Lenapah, Okla., alleging shipment by said defendant on or? about July 21, 1921, from the State of Oklahoma into the State of Kansas,? of a quantity of shell eggs which were adulterated. Examination by the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of a sample of? the article consisting of 360 eggs showed the presence of 50 inedible eggs, or.? 13.88 per cent, composed of black rots, mixed or white rots, moldy, spot rots,? and blood rings. Adulteration of the article was alleged in the information for the reason? that it consisted in part of a filthy and decomposed and putrid animal sub?? stance. On August 14, 1922, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the informa?? tion, and the court imposed a fine of $50 and costs. C. W. PTJGSLEY, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.