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Canning and preserving {Thirteenth Census U. 8., 10 (1913), pp. 319-401, 

 fig. 1). — Statistics are presented for the year 1909 in comparison with other 

 years for the canning and preserving industry as a whole. Four classes of es- 

 tablishments are talien into account, namely: (1) Those whose chief products 

 are canned and preserved fruits and vegetables, including dried and packed 

 fruits put up by the packing house; (2) those whose chief products are canned 

 and cured fish, including pickled, smoked, and dried fish; (3) those whose chief 

 products are canned oysters and clams; and (4) those whose chief products are 

 pickles, preserves, jellies, sauces, etc. 



In 1909 the industry as a whole gave employment on the average to 71,972 per- 

 sons, of whom 59,968 were wage-earners, and paid out $26,945,466 in salaries 

 and wages. 



" In the canning and preserving industry the cost of materials constitutes 

 a large proportion of the total value of products, the processes of manufacture 

 being relatively simple and inexpensive. The combined cost of the materials 

 used by all four branches of the industry in 1909 was $101,823,059, which is 

 equal to 64.8 per cent of the total value of products ($157,101,201). . . , 



" In the case of establishments engaged primarily in canning fruits and veg- 

 etables the cost of materials represented 68.4 per cent of the value of products; 

 in the case of those handling fish principally, 62.4 per cent; of those chiefly 

 canning oysters and clams, 55.8 per cent ; and of those making chiefly pickles, 

 preserves, and sauces, 58.4 per cent. It should be noted that the cost of cans 

 and other containers is an important factor in the cost of materials." 



Tin poisoning from canned asparagus, A. Fbiedmann (Ztschr. Uyg. u. 

 Infektionskrank., 75 (1913), No. 1, pp. 55-61). — Experimental data led the 

 author to conclude that canned asparagus may be the cause of tin poisoning. 



Carbonated and other beverages (Maine Sta. Off. Insp. 56 (1914), PP- 12). — 

 Data are given regarding the character of malt extract and beerlike beverages 

 containing a low percentage of alcohol and also regarding the examination of a 

 number of bottling establishments. 



Laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to [foods, drugs, etc.] (In Nehr. 

 Food, Drug, Dairy and Oil Com. Laics, Lvncoln, 1913, pp. 77). — The text of the 

 laws pertaining to foods, drugs, paints and oils, cold storage, petroleum prod- 

 ucts, weights and measures, commission merchants, and other related subjects 

 is included. 



Report upon an act relative to the cold storage of certain food products 

 (Ann. Rpt. Bd. Health Mass., 44 (1912), pp. 453-462). — Data are given regard- 

 ing the licensed cold-storage or refrigerating warehouses and cold-storage rooms 

 in the State. Rules and regulations governing the business of cold storage, 

 made under the provisions of the state law, are given in full. 



Results of analyses of food samples (Mo. Bid. Ind. Bd. Health, 16 (1913), 

 No. 11, p. 277). — According to the data summarized, out of a total of 1,257 

 samples of miscellaneous foodstuffs examined during the year ended September 

 30. 1913, 31.9 per cent were adulterated. 



Food and drug inspection (Ann. Rpt. Bd. Health Mass., 44 (1912), pp. 381- 

 891). — Out of a total of 7,617 samples examined, 1,780 did not conform to the 

 provisions of the state law. 



Report of the analyst, H. C. Lythgoe (Ann. Rpt. Bd. Health Mass., 44 

 (1912), pp. 393-452, figs. 3). — Details are given of the year's work in the 

 examination of foods and drugs. See above. 



[Examination of food materials], H. E. Wiedemann et al. (Bui. Food and 

 Drug Dept. Missouri [1913], pp. 46). — Data are given regarding a large number 

 of samples. 



