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Fourteenth annual report of the state food commissioner of Illinois, W. S. 

 Matthews {Ann. Rpt. State Food Comr. III., 1//. (IDIS), pp. 135, figs. 2). — The 

 work carried out by the comniissiouer under the state food laws duriug the year 

 1913 is briefly reviewed, and the report of J. C. Johnstone, stale analyst, gives 

 the results of tbe examination of 6,038 Siimples of miscellaneous foods, of whicli 

 2,034 were found to be illegal, and extended tabulated data regarding these sam- 

 ples. The text of standards adopted by the state food standard commission are 

 given, the legal work of the commission is reviewed, and the text of three bulle- 

 tins issued by the department is given. 



[Food and dinig" inspection and analysis], W. P. Cogswell et al. (Bien. 

 Rpt. Bd. Health Mont., 7 iW13-l.'f), pp. 79-170).— The work of the department 

 during the years 1913 and 1914 is reviewed. This Includes the inspection of 

 dairies, hotels and restaurants, meat markets, slaughterhouses, bakeries, etc., 

 as well as analyses of 433 samples of miscellaneous food products, and the 

 reports of the inspectors. 



[Food analyses and pure food topics], J. Foust (Penn. Dept. Agr., Mo. Bui. 

 Dairy and Food Div., 12 (1914), ^^o. 10-11, pp. 135). — Information upon a 

 number of miscellaneous pure food topics and the I'esults of the examination of 

 a large number of samples of dairy and food products are given. 



Sixth annual report of the food and drug commissioners, F, A. Jackson, 

 F. W. Cook, and F. X. Strickland (Ann. Rpt. Bd. Food and Drug Comrs. R. I., 

 6 {1914), PP- 21). — ^A review and summary of the work carried out during the 

 year ended December 31, 1914, is given, which includes general information 

 regarding a number of pure food and drug topics. 



Fourteenth annual report of the food and drug commissioner of South 

 Dakota, G. G. Fraky {Ann. Rpt. Food and Drug Comr. ,S'. Dak., 14 {1914), pp. 

 351). — The work of the department as carried out covers the inspection and 

 analysis of foods, drugs, beverages, paints, and feeding stuffs, and the inspec- 

 tion of hotels and public buildings. In addition to the linancial statements, 

 extended data regarding the analyses and inspections made are reported. In 

 part of the report are reproduced a number of the bimonthly bulletins of the 

 department which contain information upon a number of miscellaneous food 

 and drug topics. 



[Pure food topics and food and drug inspection], E. F. Ladd and Alma K. 

 Johnson {Xorth Dakota Sta. Spec. Bid. 3 {1915), No. 16, pp. 265-288) .—Thin 

 bulletin presents the results of the insiiection of 678 grocery stores, the score 

 of each place inspected being given. A list of beverages registered for the year 

 1915 and information regarding several proprietary medicines examined con- 

 clude the publication. 



Department rulings relative to food and dairy products and their labeling 

 {[Colnmbus]: The F. J. Heer Printing Co., 1914, 1. ed., pp. 30).— The text is 

 given of the rulings of the Ohio Agricultural Commission. 



The food inspector's handbook, F. Vacher {ISleiv York: D. Van Nostrand 

 Co., 1913, 6. ed., rev. and cnl., pp. 311, pis. 19, figs. 77). — This is the sixth edition 

 of a publication previously reviewed (E. S. R., 17, p. 576). It is stated that the 

 publication has been greatly revised and enlarged and the number of illustra- 

 tions increased. 



The commercial aspect of electric cooking and heating, T. P. Wllmshukst 

 {Jour. Inst. Elect. Engin. [London], 51 {1913), No. 220, pp. 180-201, pi. 1, figs. 

 6). — Electric cooking and heating are considered in detail and data are given 

 to show the increased efficiency of electric over coal- or gas-fired ovens. The 

 loss in weight of different kinds of meat was apparently less with electric 

 cooking and the flavor of the product claimed to be vastly superior. 



