EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — I'ART V 'MVi 



INSPECTIONS. 



During tlie year ending November 1, 1917, our inspectors have 

 inspected a total of 22,107 establishments as follows: 



Grocery 3,873 



Meat Market 2,661 



General Store 3,273 



Bakery 809 



Slaughter House 198 



Restaurant 1,485 



Coal Dealer 960 



Elevator 1,320 



Feed Store 540 



Ice Cream Factory 661 



Creamery 1,493 



Dairyman 687 



Farm Dairy 333 



Confectionery 507 



Wholesale Grocer 221 



Seed Dealer 71 



Bottling Works 64 



Cream Station 2,182 



Product 590 



Miscellaneous 179 



Total 22,107 



WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



"HELP WIN THE WAR." Every real American is subordi- 

 nating all other matters these days. Our President through Mr. 

 Hoover is impressing the citizens with the importance and prime 

 necessity for conserving the food supply. We should, therefore, 

 study carefully conditions around us, and especially within our 

 own field of endeavor, with a view to ascertaining the most effective 

 way of helping the Nation and our Allies. 



Weights and Measures departments throughout the United 

 States, striving to do their bit, are more closely than ever before 

 checking the weights and measures of the thousands of commodities 

 so sold. Few people realize the importance and wide scope of the 

 weight and measure inspector's field. Iowa's billion dollar crop 

 must be weighed. Her thousands of cattle and hogs and sheep 

 must all be driven over the scales before being sent into the mar- 

 kets. The dairy and poultry products, garden truck, orchard crop, 

 wool and the dozens of other rich products of Iowa are sold by 

 the pound. Seven million tons or more of coal and thousands of 



