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" Pepper and nutmeg have little effect on the growth of micro-organisms. A 

 mixture of nutmeg and water boiled for a half hour and left exposed to the 

 air for chance inoculation was covered with various molds in less than a week. 

 Cloves and allspice in large amounts are quite effective in preventing the 

 growth of molds and bacteria, and cinnamon is the most effective of the 

 spices; this is true of the ground spices, their essential oils, and the alcoholic 

 extracts." 



The dairy and pure food laws of the State of Connecticut ( [Hartford, 

 Conn.]: Office Dairy and Food Comr. [1916], pp. 52). — The text of the laws is 

 given as corrected to the close of the legislative session of 1915. 



[Food and drug' analyses], J. P. Street et al. (Connecticut State Sta. Rpt. 

 1915, pt. 5, pp. 265-419). — This report presents the results of the analysis of 

 2,220 samples of foods and drugs, of which 1,081 were not adulterated. The 

 food products examined included cereal breakfast foods, cheese, cocoa and 

 chocolate preparations, coffee, coffe substitutes, diabetic foods, fig preparations, 

 flavoring extracts, canned fruits, infant foods, sirups, etc. Full analytical data 

 are given regarding each of the samples analyzed. The drug products exam- 

 ined included standard drug preparations and proprietary medicines. 



Bulletin of the inspection of foods and beverages in Surinam. — Analyses 

 of common foods, J. Sack (Keuringsdienst Eet- en Drinkwaren Surinatne, Bui. 

 C (1916), pp. 12). — In this bulletin analytical data are reported concerning the 

 composition of some well-known meats, vegetables, and fruits. 



Rates for electric cooking- and water heating (Jour. Electricity, 37 (1916), 

 No. 1, pp. 12, 13). — The question of proper rates for this class of service is 

 discussed and the rates of several western companies are given as illustrations. 



Canning in glass in the home (fruits, vegetables, and meats), Sakah E. 

 Belt (Agr. of Mass., 63 (1915), pt. 2, pp. 49-57). — General information and 

 specific directions are given for the canning of fruits, vegetables, and meats. 



Interim report of the departmental committee appointed by the president 

 of the board of agriculture and fisheries to consider the production of food 

 in England and Wales, Milner et al. (London: Govt., 1915, pp. 7). — A num- 

 ber of measures are recommended for increasing the present production of 

 food, on the assumption that the war may be prolonged beyond the harvest 

 of 1916. 



Food economics, G. Lusk (Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci., 6 (1916), No. 12, pp. 387- 

 396). — This lecture presents statistical data showing the amount of protein and 

 the fuel value of food consumed by people living under extremely varied 

 conditions. 



It also includes a brief statement of the results of a dietary study by F, C. 

 Gephart, carried out at a private boarding school for boys having 355 students, 

 in which determinations were made of the food supplied per meal, the proportion 

 of the total number of calories furnished by the different foods, the cost, of tMe 

 food, and the amount of waste. The author states that the growing athletic 

 boys in this school were not satisfied with 3,000 calories daily, but took 4,350 

 calories daily at the table and also bought 650 additional calories at a neigh- 

 boring store. In his opinion these results show that active boys eat more food 

 than is realized and that their ravenous appetite is due to the muscular work 

 involved in their play and that " lack of appreciation of this factor and lack of 

 provision for it are the probable causes of much of the undernutrition seen in 

 children of the school age." 



The importance is emphasized of including on the label a statement of the 

 number of calories furnished by packages of foods. 



