ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 689 



1890 to 1902, and 5,293 schedules from 811 merchants for the year 1903. The region 

 covered by the investigation was the same as in the case of the study of the cost of 

 living. 



Wholesale prices in the United States, 1890 to 1903, G. W. W. Hanger 

 ( U. S. Dept. Com. and Labor, Hunan of Labor Bui.. 54, /'/'■ 1165-1190, charts 19). — 

 Data, largely in the form of charts, are given regarding the relative prices of farm 

 products, foods, fuel, and lighting materials, and other commodities for the period 

 mentioned, the data here presented being illustrative of that compiled for the exhibit 

 of the Bureau of Labor at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 



The functions and uses of food, C. F. Langworthy ( U. S. Dept. Ayr., Office of 

 Experiment Stations Circ. f6, rev. ed., pp. 10). — Using data which have accumulated 

 since the circular was first published (E. S. R., 13, p. 476), the material presented 

 has been revised. 



Ground coffee, T. Macfarlane {Lab: Inland Rev. Dept., < 'anada, Bui. 100, pp. 7). — 

 Of 75 samples of ground coffee collected, 19 were found to be adulterated, and 8 were 

 doubtful, while in the case of 3 samples the adulteration was declared. 



Tea, A. McGill ( Lab. Inland Rev. Dept., < 'anada, Bui. 99, pp. 8). — A large number 

 of samples of tea were examined and all were found to be genuine. 



The marmalade industry, II, E. Hotter (Ztschr. Landw. Versuchsw. Oesterr., 7 

 (1904), No. 10, pp. 689-724). — Continuing earlier work (E. S. R., 15, p. 257), the 

 making of jam and similar products on a commercial scale is discussed. Analyses of 

 a large number of jams, marmalades, and similar products are reported. 



Proposed regulations governing the labeling of imported food products, 

 H. W. Wiley (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Chemistry Circ. 21, pp. 2). — The proposed 

 regulations of the Bureau of Chemistry are given regarding the labeling of goods 

 designed for import into the United States, containing sulphate of copper or anilin 

 dyes, as well as the regulations for such foods as are prepared in oil or packed in oil. 



Briefly speaking, the regulations insist that the use of copper sulphate or added 

 coloring matter shall be plainly declared on the label, and that in the case of goods 

 prepared with oil the kind of oil used shall be plainly stated. 



National Association of State Dairy and Food Departments (Jour. Proc. 

 Ann. Conv. Nat. Assoc. Stale Dau~y and Food Depts., 7 (1903), pp. 588, figs. 43).— This 

 volume includes the proceedings of the seventh annual convention of the Associa- 

 tion of State Dairy and Food Departments, held at St. Paul, Minn., a compilation of 

 the dairy and food laws of several States and Territories, with United States Supreme 

 Court decisions thereon, also rulings, tables of standards adopted by the State and 

 Government Commission, and a number of papers and addresses presented at the 

 association meeting. 



International catalogue of scientific literature. Q, — Physiology (Internat. 

 Cat. Sci. Lit, 1904, pts. 1, pp. VIII-\-620; 2, pp. 621-1360).— -In this volume of the 

 international catalogue, issued by the Royal Society of London, the bibliography of 

 physiology, including experimental psychology, pharmacology, and experimental 

 pathology, is continued, part 1 being the author catalogue and part 2 the subject 

 catalogue. The present volume, the manuscript of which was completed September, 

 1903, is similar in scope and plan to those already issued (E. S. R., 15, p. 390). 



ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Glycogen formation and the rational feeding of sugar, J. Alquier and A. 

 Drouineau {Ann. Sci. Agron., 2. ser., 1903, I, Nos. 2, pp. 246-320; 3, pp. 321-328; 

 1903, II, Nos. 1, pp. 45-160; 2, pp. 161-198, 226-287; 3, pp. 334~468; 1904, I, Nos. 1, 

 pp. 124-160; 2, pp. 161-271; 3, pp. 358-375; 1904, II, Nos. 1, pp. 98-160; 2, pp. 161- 

 209, figs. 30). — An exhaustive discussion of the carbohydrates which occur in the 

 body, their formation, structure, function, and use, cleavage, sugar as a food for 



