262 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



per cent over 1005. The (inautity of honey produced in 1908 was 322,160 lbs., 

 of which 2.^)1.2!);! ll)s. wori- inodiiced in hives havinj; movable combs. There 

 were 2.3.S7 ll>s. dt wnx iiianufacturod in 1907. of which 1,794 were from hives 

 having movable (-01111)8. 



Kee-keepini; statistics are given (pp. 140, 141) showing by counties and 

 provinces the numi»ei- of stocks at various dates in 1907 and 1908, with the 

 quantity of honey produced and wax manufactured in 1907. 



Apiculture in the colonies, 1". Marchal (Agr. Prut. Fays Chauds, 9 {1909), 

 No. 7N, /;/>. 179-188). —A lirief report on apiculture in the French coloniep. 



FOODS— HUMAN NUTRITION. 



[Pure food topics], E. F. Ladd and Emily E. May {\ort1i Dnknta F^fa. Fipec. 

 Bills. I.i, pp. IJ,; IS. pp. 16; IJ,, pp. n-J,5 ; 15, pp. 1,7-62; 16, pp. 63-78; 17, pp. 

 79-88; 18, pp. 89-10.'/). — These bulletins discuss a variety of to]ucs connected 

 with the state pure food law and its application and report analytical data. 



The principal subjects included are the following : Analyses of waters and a 

 list of beverages registered under the state law ; the results of the examination 

 of drugs ; a discussion of the use of food preservatives based on replies re- 

 ceived from 171 North Dakota physicians in reponse to a circular letter of in- 

 quiry; data regarding the examination of ice creams and nonalcoholic bever- 

 ages: the results of water analyses and analyses of whiskies and the results of 

 the examination of a number of miscellaneous food materials, together with a 

 discussion of a drug called " coca-bola ;" the text of the model food law bill 

 presented at the Denver convention of the Association of State and National 

 Dairy Departments, by E. F. Ladd ; and analytical data regarding a so-called 

 tonic germicide (oxy-tonic), and the results of the analyses of a number of 

 samples of drugs, miscellaneous foods, and sugar beets, together with data re- 

 garding the comiK)sition of numerous stock remedies. 



The stock remedies were found to consist of such drugs as crude petroleum oil 

 and ammonia, gas drip, tincture of iodin, and potassium hydroxid and air 

 slaked lime. The ingredients would cost 2 to 5 cts. per bottle, it is stated, 

 though the selling price of the goods was $1 per bottle. "As the result of 

 our examination of the various products which have been submitted, we 

 would say that they did not possess the virtue which has been claimed for 

 them ; that the sale of these products at the prices claimed is exorbitant ; 

 that the farmer who purchases them will be. to a considerable extent, de- 

 frauded ; and that some of the products are practically nothing more than 

 waste products from petroleum refineries or from the manufacture of coal gas." 



In addition to the tojiics enumerated, a number of the bulletins contain short 

 notes on a variety of special subjects connected with pure food work and 

 sanitation. 



[State beverage and sanitary inspection laws], E. F. Ladd (North Dakota 

 Sta. Spec. Bui. 11, pp. IJf). — The text of the state pure beverage law and the 

 sanitary insi»ection law. each of which was approved March 15. 1909, is given, 

 together with rulings and discussions as to these laws. 



Law bulletin {I'cnn. Dcpt. Agr. Bid. 180. pp. 68).— The text of the law estab- 

 lishing a department of agriculture in Pennsylvania, the various acts of assem- 

 bly committed to the dairy and food division for enforcement, and a brief digest 

 of numerous decisions of courts relating to the aforesaid laws, rules, and regu- 

 lations are included in this bulletin. 



Notices of judgment (U. 8. Dept, Agr., Notice.^ of Judgment 103, pp. 2-1/ ; 

 106-108, pp. 9-15; 110, pp. 17, 18).— The subjects included are the adulteration 

 of eggs and the misbranding of cane sirup, Vermont or maple sugar, preserves. 



