362 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



regarding " dschamma " (Citrullus vulgaris), the bulbs of Cii penis edulis, the 

 seeds of a legume {Bauhinia esculenta), and a flour made apparently from 

 manioc root. 



Food and [other analyses], R. E, Rose and A. M. Henry (Fla. Quart. Bui. 

 Agr. Dei)t., 23 {1913), No. 2, pp. 124-127). — Analyses of grape fruit, sugar cane, 

 and beverages are reported. 



Annual report of the food and drug commissioner to the governor of the 

 State of Missouri, 1912, W. P. Cutler {Ann. Rpt. Food and Drug. Comr. Mis- 

 souri, 1912, pp. lOJf). — A summary of the inspection, sanitary, and educational 

 work carried on. 



Of 1,032 samples of miscellaneous foods and drugs examined, 468 were not 

 passed. 



Prices, price indexes, and cost of living in Australia, G. H. Knibbs {Com- 

 momvealth liar. Census and Stat is. Aust., Labor and Indus. Branch Rpt. I, 

 1912, pp. 96+LXII, figs. 18). — This report gives considerable data showing 

 the variations in prices of the principal food materials during the last 10 years 

 in Australia, and a comparison with the prices in other countries. 



Report of commission on the cost of living in New Zealand, together with 

 minutes of proceedings and evidence {Wellington: Govt., 1912, pp. CXXXVI-}- 

 510). — An exhaustive summary and discus.sion of data. Such topics are in- 

 cluded as the effect of standards of living, the distribution of population, and 

 monopolies. 



Illinois farmers' institute department of household science, edited by 

 Mrs. H. a. McKeene {III. Farmers' Inst., Dept. Household Sci. Year Book 

 1912, pp. 252, figs. 27). — In addition to the proceedings, reports, and similar 

 data, the volume contains a number of addresses and miscellaneous papers, in- 

 cluding among others the following: Building the Home, by Mrs. J. C. Hess 

 ler; Educating Girls for the Home, by Villa M. Sprague; Household Economics, 

 by Mrs. A. P. Norton ; Household Appliances and Conveniences, by Mrs. L. M. 

 Cutting; A Balanced Ration, by Mrs. E. F. Ford: The Dre.ss Question, by Mrs. 

 L. Stevenson : The Social Efficiency of the Home, by Bertha Miller ; How 

 School Work can be More Closely Related to Home Needs, by Miriam Besley; 

 A Simple Classification of Foods, by Mrs. H. M. Dunlap; The Nu^rit^ve Ratio 

 of Food, by Mrs. H. A. McKeene; and Training the Girl to Help in the Home, 

 by W. A. McKeever. 



A number of menu suggestions are presented, and a study of food values pub- 

 lished by the Illinois State Food Commission (E. S. R., 28, p. 762) is reprinted. 



The universal cook book, Helen Cramp {Philadelphia, 1913, pp. IV +507, 

 pis. 32, figs. 8). — In addition to a large collection of recipes, there are chapters 

 on paper bag, casserole, fireless, and chafing dish cookery, and on meat sub- 

 stitutes. 



A model French kitchen, J. B. Osborne {Daily Cons, and Trade Rpts. 

 [U. 8.], 16 {1913), No. 105, pp. 6-',l, 6J,2).— The character and cost of equip- 

 ment and similar data are considered. 



Some kitchen experiments with aluminium (Lancet [London], 1913, I, No. 1, 

 pp. 5!f, 55). — Tests are reported in which salt and water, acetic acid and water 

 with and without salt, tartaric acid with or without salt, carbonate of so<la, and 

 onions, carrots, Brussels sprouts, apples, and soup were boiled in aluminum 

 saucepans, and bacon, beefsteak, and tomatoes with butter, salt, and pepper 

 were fried in an aluminum pan. 



The addition of a little carbonate of soda in Ihe cooking of Brussels sprouts, 

 in accordance with a culinary system, resulted in the presence of small quanti- 

 ties of aluminum in the water in which the vegetable was boiled. 



