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[Food inspection work], W. B. Barney (Iowa Dairy and Food Com. Bui. 

 9 (1914), pp. 47). — Tliis report contains general data regarding a number of 

 pure food topics. Information is also given regarding the inspection of a 

 number of food establishments and the examination of several samples of food 

 products. 



Dunn's pure food and drug' legal manual, etlited by C. W. Dunn (Ncio York, 

 1912, pp. XXTI^2341). — A compilation of the federal and state laws relating to 

 food and drug control. 



The fruit and veg'etable canning industry of New Jersey — season of 1912 

 {Ann. Rpt. Bur. Statis. Labor and Indus. N. J., 36 (1913), pp. ie5-i74).— Statis- 

 tical data are reported and discussed. 



The farm kitchen as a workshop, Anna Babeows ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' 

 Bui. 607 (1914), pp. 20, figs. 6). — Such subjects are discussed in a general way 

 as the relation of the kitchen to other parts of the house; the size of the 

 kitchen ; the finishing of floors, walls, and ceiling; lighting, ventilating, and heat- 

 ing ; porches and screening ; permanent equipment of the kitchen ; and the 

 kitchen as a laundry. Particular attention is given to the arrangement of the 

 kitchen stove, cooking table, and other kitchen equipment, so that the journeys 

 more frequently made in doing the kitchen work are short. The importance of 

 adequate equipment is pointed out and suggestions made for labor-saving equip- 

 ment and expedients. 



Electric cooking and heating, V. Nightingall (Atist. Min. Standard, 4S 

 (1912), Nos. 1245, p. 280; 1246, p. 305; 1247, p. 328; 1248, p. 350, fig. i).— This 

 paper deals somewhat at length with the factors upon which economical electric 

 cooking depends, and especially with the development of the hot plate and the 

 electric oven. Nlchrome is recommended as the most satisfactory material for 

 the wires and green Australian mica as the best material for the insulator and 

 support in the manufacture of the heating units. 



The author emphasizes the necessity for securing simplicity in operation of 

 electric cooking devices and the need of providing some device for protecting 

 them against burnouts. For the latter purpose he recommends a bulb lamp of 

 clear glass, placed in parallel with the circuit at the wall plug. 



Slag wool and flaked mica are recommended as the best thermal insulators for 

 oven construction, the greatest thermal efficiency being obtained when the sides 

 and bottom of the oven were provided with 3J in., the top with 4i- in., and the 

 door with 4* in. of lagging. All thick iron parts in the interior of the oven 

 should be replaced by sheet-iron frames. 



It is recommended that the oven be equipped with a thermostat. A descrip- 

 tion is given of a mercury thermostat which gave great satisfaction. 



If electric hot plates are heated too rapidly, stews, etc., burn. Therefore, the 

 use of specially designed quick-heating kettles for boiling water is recommended. 

 The suggestion is advanced that water could be heated during the night when the 

 current consumption is low, and stored in insulated tanks for use during the 

 daytime. 



The American waiter, J. B. Gk)iNS (Chicagoi, 1908, 2. ed., rev. and enl., pp. 

 152, figs. 44)- — While this book is intended primarily for the instruction of 

 waiters in hotels and restaurants, it contains a great deal of information con- 

 cerning the arrangement of the table, care of equipment, preparation of food 

 for the table, and service, which would prove valuable to the housewife. 



Experimental domestic science, R. H. Jones (PhiladclpJiia, pp. IX-{-235, 

 figs. 75). — This book deals with physics and chemistry as applied in the house- 

 hold. It has been the author's purpose either to illustrate scientific principles 

 by numerous simple experiments which may be easily performed and in most 

 cases require the use only of kitchen utensils and commodities or to draw illus- 



