466 ANNUAL. REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The following tabulation shows the number and kind of samples 

 examined in the laboratory during the year. Of these, 2,637 were 

 papers examined at Dayton, Oliio. 



Paper and paper-making materials 7, 092 



Textiles 1, 742 



Turpentine and rosin 352 



Leather and tanning materials 40 



Miscellaneous 217 



Total 9,443 



PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING. 



The following publications have been submitted for printing 

 during the past year: Sixteen bulletins, 23 circulars, 8 unnumbered 

 pubhcations, 1 Farmers' Bulletin, 3 Yearbook articles, 14 Food In- 

 spection Decisions, and 492 Notices of Judgment. There have been 

 issued or sent to press 12 bulletins, aggregating about 1,079 pages, 

 17 circulars (306 pages); 10 unnumbered pubhcations (339 pages); 3 

 Farmers' Bulletins (120 pages); 3 Yearbook articles (36 pages); 16 

 Food Inspection Decisions (30 pages) ; and 546 ^Totices of Judgment 

 (1,129 pages, received from the Oflice of the Sohcitor) ; making a total 

 of 3,039 pages of new material published. 



The bulletins included studies on the preparation of cod and other 

 salt fish for the market and the contamination of shellfish; a series of 

 elaborate studies of American mineral waters was begun with the 

 report on the waters of the New England States; a report on the 

 commercial turpentines found on the market; enological studies, 

 deahng especially with grapes and their sucrose content ; the process- 

 ing of persimmons and studies in fruit respirations, and an elaborate 

 report on the nature of coal-tar colors used in foods. The circulars 

 cover a wide range of chemical investigations, many of them being 

 studies for the improvement of methods of food analysis and the 

 making of difficult determinations, as, for example, the estimation 

 of iodin in organic compounds, the determination of tin in canned 

 foods, the determination of small quantities of ethyl or methyl 

 alcohol, of mafic acid, of camphor, and chemical and bacteriological 

 changes in poultry under varying conditions. The unnumbered 

 publications included the report of the Chemist, a manual of instruc- 

 tions for food officials and analysts, and details in regard to the 

 inspection of imported meat products under the law. 



The Food Inspection Decisions covered Nos. 125 to 138 and in- 

 cluded a decision by the Attorney General on labeling whiskies bear- 

 ing a distinctive name, a decision of the three Secretaries forbidding 

 the use of saccharin in foods after January 1, 1912, and decisions of 

 the Board of Food and Drug Inspection in regard to the labeling of 

 cordials, New Orleans molasses, and chocolate and cocoa, the compo- 

 sition of evaporated milk, tjie presence of salts of tin in foods, etc. 



Wliile the amount of job printing required for the work of the 

 bureau, especially forms, index cards, circular letters, etc., in connec- 

 tion with the administration of the food law, has increased, the order- 

 ing has been so systematized that only 208 printing requests were 

 made, as compared with 346 the preceding year. There were 146 

 requests drawn on the Division of Publications for drafting and photo- 



