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STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



The following are the results of the analyses made by Dr. R. C. Kedzie 



ANALYSIS OF HONEYS. • 



at the College 



By direction of the State Board of Agriculture a collection of honeys— pure and 

 adulterated— furnished by the zoological department, were analyzed to test the question 

 whether chemical analysis can distinguish between genuine and adulterated honeys. 

 The same honeys were sent to Prof. H. W. Wiley, chemist of the department of 

 agriculture, and Prof. M. A. Scovell, of the Kentucky experiment station. The results 

 of these three parallel analyses were compared in Washington, and the adulterated 

 honeys were detected in every genuine honey (i. e., material made from the nectar of 

 flowers), and doubt was entertained only in abnormal honeys, e. g., honey made from 

 the secretions of plant lice. 



The following table shows the results of analysis of all the samples furnished, a few 

 numbers being blank because the specimen was not furnished : 



R. ('. REDZIE. Chemist. 



