258 EXPERIMENT STATION BECOED. 



Indian edible swallows' nests, H. Zellee (Hoppe-Seyler's Ztschr. Physiol. 

 Chem., 86 (1913), No. 2, pp. 85-106). — Analytical data are reported, particularly 

 with reference to the nitrogenous constituents present. 



Grecian honey and wax, E. I. Emmanouel (Ber. Deut. Pharm. Gesell., 23 

 (1913), No. 6, pp. 395-410; ais. in Chem. ZentU., 1913, II, No. U, p. 1249).^ 

 This article reports in a more accessible form material previously published in 

 Greek (E. S. E,., 28, p. 862). (In this note the author's name was incorrectly 

 spelled. ) 



The manufacture of chocolate, R. Vallieb (Rev. G6n. Chim., 15 (1912), No. 

 12, pp. 213-223, figs. 8). — This article, which is illustrated with cuts of ma- 

 chinery, deals with the raw materials utilized in the manufacture of choco- 

 late, the usual methods for manufacturing this commodity, the manufacture of 

 soluble cocoa and various other specialties, and the amount of chocolate con- 

 sumed in various countries. In 1905 the United States consumed the largest 

 Quantity of these products. 



Modem fruit ethers, E. Walter (Pure Products, 9 (1913), No. 11, pp. 543- 

 549). — The character and uses of fruit ethers are discussed and formulas are 

 given for making " the most commonly used [artificial] fruit ethers." 



[Inspection of foods, dairy products, and feeding stuffs], W. D. Saundees 

 ET al. (Quart. Rpt. Dairy and Food Comr. Va., 1913, June-Aug., pp. 60). — Data 

 regarding the analysis of miscellaneous samples of foods and beverages, inspec- 

 tion work, and other activities are reported. 



Extracts from the report of the inspection service, etc., C. H. Ketneb 

 (Chem. WeekN., 10 (1913), No. 37, pp. 806-812) .—This article is taken from 

 official reports for the year 1912 regarding the examination of foods and other 

 materials as conducted by the Office of Public Health in Holland. The subjects 

 mentioned include milk, bread, Rangoon beans, lemonade sirups, jams, saccharin, 

 preservatives, distilled liquors, etc. 



The adulteration of sug-ar products as defined by Italian legislation, L. 

 Gabelli (Ann. R. Accad. Agr. Torino, 55 (1912), pp. 255-292). — A discussion of 

 Italian laws, municipal regulations, etc., relating to the adulteration of foods 

 made with sugar. 



Scientific standards for the governmental regulation of foods, J. R. Murlin 

 (Pop. Sci. Mo., S3 (1913), No. 4, pp. 344-354).— A plea that the scope of govern- 

 mental control over food materials be so extended as to make it necessary for 

 all those offered for sale to bear on their labels their energy value and per- 

 centage of protein. 



What the Department of Agriculture is doing for the housewife, A. D. 

 Holmes (Alumni Bui. TJniv. Va., 3. ser., 6 (1913), No. 4, pp. 546-554). — The 

 activities of the Department which are of interest to the housewife, particu- 

 larly the nutrition investigations of the Office of Experiment Stations, are dis- 

 cussed in this address, which was delivered before the Rural Life Conference, 

 University of Virginia, July, 1913. 



Division of labor between country and city in the production of animal 

 food materials as an aid to the regulation of the cost of living, F. Falke 

 (Mitt. Okonom. Gesell. Sachsen, 1912-13, pp. 167-197, figs. 11).— This address, 

 delivered before the Saxon Society of Economics, February, 1913, gives a de- 

 scription and discussion of the cooperation which has been successfully organ- 

 ized between a rural association of hog breeders and the cities of Ulm and New 

 Ulm (Bavaria). 



The breeders' association agreed to furnish a given number of hogs of 

 given average weight at a fixed price. The 2 cities provided land and build- 

 ings for a fattening station, made a loan to the association for the feed 

 used in fattening, and regulated the sale of the fattened animals in the 



