760 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



rood and drug examinations, C. D, Howaed (Quart. Bui. Bd. Health N. H., 

 3 (1914), No. 2, pp. 47-58). — Data are given regarding the examination of a 

 large number of samples of drugs and food materials, including among others 

 baking powders and egg substitutes, coffee and cocoa, and breakfast cereals. 



[Food inspection and analyses] (Penn. Dept. Agr., 2Io. Bui. Dairy and Food 

 Div., 11 (WIS), Mo. 2-3, pp. 41-117).— General and analytical data are given 

 regarding the inspection and analysis of a large number of samples of milk and 

 dairy products and proprietary foods. 



Kesults of slaughterhouse and meat inspection in the German Empire for 

 the year 1911 (Die Ergebnisse der Schlachtvieh und Fleischhescliau im Dent- 

 schen Reiche im Jahre 1911. Bearheitet im Kaiserlichen Gesundheitsamte. 

 Berlin, 1913, pp. IV-\-139). — This report, which was prepared by the Imperial 

 Bureau of Health, consists chiefly of statistical data. 



Ceylon's food supply, C. K. Moser (Daily Cons, and Trade Rpts. [U. 8.], 17 

 (1914), No. 114, PP- 891-893).— A brief summary of data regarding the kind and 

 quantities of food used in Ceylon. 



The dietary of the civilian employees at the cartridge factory of Vin- 

 cennes, A. Dejotjant (Bill. Soc. Sci. Hyg. Aliment., 4 (1914), No. 3, pp. 103- 

 121). — A study of family budgets is reported, which contains tabulated data 

 regarding the amounts of food eaten, income, expenditures, and ratio of income 

 to expenditures. 



The author concludes that the diet supplies sufficient amounts of fat. carbo- 

 hydrates, and energy, and that in some Instances the amount of these substances 

 is more than is necessary. It is pointed out that some money is wasted in the 

 purchase of too much meat and wine, by purchasing the more expensive cuts 

 of meat, by buying food already cooked from restaui-auts and delicatessen stores. 

 etc. A plea is made for instruction in home economics. 



Menus for children (Boston Cooking-School Mag., 18 (1914), No. 10, pp. 790, 

 f91), — Menus are suggested for children In an institution having a "home 

 table." 



Foodstuff— a digest (Schenectady, N. Y., 1914, PP- 32). — Nutrition and the 

 composition of common foods are considered in this summary and there is a 

 special section on sandwiches of different sorts. The publication is designed for 

 extension work among wage-earners through mothers' clubs. 



Scientific suggestions regarding home management, R. Leblanc (Notions 

 tioientifiques d'Etiseignement manager. Paris, 1913, pp. 324, PJ<^' -% fios. 115).— 

 If'ood, clothing, shelter, and household management are considered in this 

 handbook. 



Creatin- and creatiuin-free foods, Rita K. Chesnut (Proc. Amer. Soc. Biol. 

 Chem., 3 (1913), No. 1, p. 35). — A summary of a paper presented at the eighth 

 annual meeting of the American Society of Biological Chemists at Philadelphia. 

 Pa., December, 1913. 



According to the results of the author's analytical studies "creatin and 

 creatinin [are] absent in crabs, lobster, shrimps, clams, oysters, scallops, caviar, 

 calves' brains, sweetbreads, and milk. In bloater paste total creatinln is 0.12 

 per cent, in anchovy paste 0.085 per cent, in whitefish 0.19. and in halibut 0.86 

 per cent." 



Further studies in the comparative biochemistry of purin metabolism, 

 A. Huntj:r and M. H. Gfvens (Proc. Amer. Soc. Biol. Chetn., 3 (1913), No. 1, 

 pp. 17-19). — In a paper presented at the eighth annual meeting of the American 

 Society of Biological Chemists at Philadelpnia, Pa., in December, 1913, the 

 authors' experiments are briefly summarized together with the results of some 

 other investigators. Though some of the results are only preliminary, the 



