There are other mixtures made chiefly of common salt, sunflower seed and the common grains with some other drug incorporated which are termed condimental, patented, proprietary and trade mark stock and poultry foods.

Several samples of ship stuff have been examined microscopically and in every case found to be either the whole wheat grain ground fine or the coarser portion of the wheat grain ground fine. There have been several "C. & G." feeds and "O. & M." feeds which consist of the grains of the wheat, rye and oats ground together.

Hen and chick foods consist of whole sized grains of the cereal or half sized grains intimately mixed with millet and grass seeds in combination with charcoal or grit. The tankage of commerce as a rule contains a larger per cent of fiber than the meat meals or the blood meals. Some analyses have been made for suspected cases of poisons used in stock foods.

More license fees have been paid this year than formerly, due to notices sent out by the commissioner notifying the parties that the fee was due.

Respectfully submitted,

LUCY F. Doggett.

Chicago, Illinois.

RERORT OF GENERAL INSPECTION BY FRANK J. HOEY.

Hon. A. H. Jones, State Food Commissioner, Chicago, Illinois. DEAR SIR-I herewith submit to you report of the work performed by me as inspector during the year ending December 31, 1908.

During the year I have taken 1414 samples of food for analysis. Chicago being a large field to cover, I necessarily devoted most of my time to Chicago and the surrounding towns of Cook county, inspecting food particularly as to its sanitary conditions in grocery stores, meat markets, packing and slaughtering houses, wholesale fish houses, renovated butter factories, oleomargarine factories, cold storage houses, coffee and spice factories, jelly and catsup factories, mail order houses, restaurants, baker shops and baker supply houses, tea and coffee stores, fruit stores and stands, butter stores, ice cream factories and parlors, soda fountains, oleomargarine wagons on the street, milk cans in dairies and milk cans and milk bottles on distributing wagons on the street and wherever food was stored for sale. I also investigated many complaint cases in Cook county and some out through the State; and places I found insanitary where food was stored or manufactured for sale, I notified the owner to clean up and keep so and comply with the State food laws. They promised that they would keep their places clean and in a good sanitary condition and observe the law in the future.

During the year I condemned 300 pounds of tainted meat in meat markets, 400 pounds of decayed fruit in fruit stores, four dozen cans of tainted fish in grocery stores.

During the year I have assisted in bringing 288 cases against dealers for the adulteration of the different articles of food which I found upon the market and in cases when the label laws had not been complied with.

The following are the cities and towns where I have inspected food outside of Chicago and Cook county, namely: Sandwich, Elgin, Waukegan, North Chicago, Geneva, Batavia, Kewanee.

COMPLAINTS I HAVE INVESTIGATED.

COMPLAINT ON A LUMPY JAW COW.

On complaint from Elgin, Illinois, on January 31, 1908, that a butcher was to kill a lumpy jaw cow on that day, Harrison Kennicott and I went to Elgin to investigate. When we arrived in Elgin, we found that the cow was going to be killed on the Quinn farm, four miles from Elgin.

Gus Frederickson, a tenant on the Quinn farm, was selling all his stock and he sold this cow for $17.00 to Wolf and Thies, butchers, of Elgin. Before we arrived in Elgin the authorities sent a constable and veterinarian to the Quinn farm to investigate this case. We secured a horse and buggy and started for this farm. When we got within a quarter of a mile from the farm we met the constable and the veterinarian coming back. The veterinarian said the cow was all right and that there were no lumps on the head of the cow and the cow was clean inside. We continued on our way to the farm to see for ourselves. As we drove in the yard the butcher was loading the dressed animal on his wagon to take it to Elgin and sell it as food. I told the butcher that we were State Food Inspectors and I wanted to see the lungs and head, and when he showed me the head and lungs I saw that it was a bad case of tuberculosis. I asked him where the intestines and the calf that was removed from the cow were. He said they were back in the snow pile. I went back to the snow pile and pulled them out.

I then saw that the calf was nearly fully developed and in a few weeks more, if the cow had not been killed, would have been born. I then examined the intestines and found that the glands were swollen from the disease. I ordered the butcher to take the cow from the wagon and put it in the barn and told the farmer to lock the door, and that I would hold him responsible for the animal until I returned. He said he would see that no one meddled with it until he got orders from me. I took part of the glands that were infected with tuberculosis to the State laboratory.

On February 3, 1908, I again went to Elgin to condemn the cow, in company with H. E. Schuknecht, assistant commissioner, and Harrison Kennicott, inspector. When we arrived at Elgin I told the butcher we were going to the Quinn farm and he came with us. Before starting I purchased a six gallon can of kerosene to pour on the diseased carcass after condemning it. When we arrived at the farm I asked the farmer to get an ax, which he did, and I gave it to the butcher and had him destroy the carcass and pour the kerosene on it and I ordered the farmer to bury the carcass, which he did.

Published February 4, 1908 by Elgin Daily News:

BUTCHER CLAIMS INNOCENCE.

"The animal had been pronounced sound by an Elgin Veterinarian; the butcher claimed that he purchased it and knew nothing of the disease. For this reason the inspectors believe they will have a hard case to prosecute. However, they claim the price he paid was such a nominal one that he must have known the animal was ailing in some way. Portions of the animal's lungs, glands filled and swollen with tuberculosis germs were shown yesterday. 'The case is one of the worst I ever saw' said Inspector Frank Hoey, who has been a cattle eaxminer for 35 years. Authorities believe that the practice of buying and selling diseased meat is a common one in the community. They advise only the purchase of meat inspected by municipal authorities in Chicago. Sample cuts of the diseased flesh which would have been served on more than one Elgin dinner table, had not the inspector looked into the case, were taken to the State laboratory in Chicago yesterday."

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COMPLAINT ON DISEASED HOG SOLD FOR FOOD.

Complaint from John R. Powers, Assistant State's Attorney of Elgin, that a farmer sold a diseased hog to an Elgin butcher. A shipper's tag was on the hog marked "350, Battman & Co., S. Water St., Chicago." Mr. Powers said he did not know the name of the shipper, for he shipped by a number, and if I would secure the name he would prosecute him. I went to Battman & Co., S. Water St., and asked one of the proprietors for the name of shipper No. 350. He looked it up and found the name was Fred Humbrocht of the town of Harmony. I gave the name and address to Inspector Fox, and he brought it to Mr. Powers who sent a constable to Harmony and arrested Fred Humbrocht. He was brought before a justice of the peace in Elgin and he pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $73.50.

COMPLAINT ON TAINTED FISH.

U. S. Food Inspector Robert Young asked me to accompany him on a complaint he had from J. R. Ford, Deputy Collector of Customs, Chicago, on 50 barrels of fish shipped from Belgium to the B. & O. freight house, 5th avenue and Polk street. It was consigned to jobbers in Chicago who would not receive the fish. I went with Mr. Young and opened several barrels of the fish and found it was tainted and not fit for human food. I took samples to the State laboratory and notified the commissioner of the condition of the fish.

J. R. Ford requested a letter from the commission to show that the fish were not fit for human consumption.

Mr. J. R. Ford's request was granted and the fish were condemned to a rendering tank for fertilizer.