212 



ANNUAL KEPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



mechanics, messengers, and the like, 90 per cent. The total separa- 

 tions from the whole bureau, the so-called " turnover," including men 

 furloughed to enter military service, for the two-year period, has 

 been 72 per cent, and there is no indication that conditions are im- 

 proving. It is obvious that service in the bureau must be made more 

 attractive, especially in its financial aspects, if such efficiency as the 

 Bureau of Chemistry has been able to achieve in the past is to be 

 maintained. 



Nevertheless, the momentum of the bureau's research organization 

 has been sufficient to produce a larger number of publications than 

 ever before. There were issued nine department bulletins, two de- 

 partment circulars, two circulars of the office of the Secretary, and 

 one yearbook article. In addition, the results of more than 75 in- 

 vestigations were made public, and those of more than 25 are now in 

 press. The experimental work upon a number of other investigations 

 has been completed. Thirty-five applications for patents were filed, 

 of which 14 were allowed, 6 disallowed, and 15 are pending. 



Naturally the work demanded of the bureau by other branches of 

 the Government has lessened since the armistice; but its volume is 

 still considerable. There is every indication that, inasmuch as the 

 war brought to the attention of other branches of the Government 

 the services the bureau is capable of rendering, such collaborative 

 Avork will never diminish to the prewar volume. It is essential, there- 

 fore, that adequate funds for such collaborative work be provided. 

 Moreover, the growth of the bureau in the last 10 years has been 

 such that the quarters available in Washington have long been in- 

 adequate, and if its work is not to be j)rogressively crippled, suitable 

 quarters must be provided. 



ENFORCEMENT OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. 



DOMESTIC FOODS AND DRUGS. 



One thousand and fifty-two recommendations for seizure and 

 843 recommendations for criminal prosecution were made to the 

 Department of Justice, through the Office of the Solicitor. Table 

 1 gives a list of the classes of products on which action was recom- 

 mended to the Solicitor, and also the distribution of the recommenda- 

 tions among the various types of products. 



Table 1, Recommendations of action on alleged violations of the Food and 

 Drugs Act transmitted to the Solicitor. 



Product. 



Beverages, extracts, flavors 



Candy 



Chocolate and cocoa 



Coffee and tea 



Colors, food 



Dairy products 



Drugs, crud2, and pharmaceutical 



preparations 



Drugs, remedies 



Eggs and egg substitutes 



Feeds 



Flour, grain, alimentary pastes. . . 



Fruits 



Gelatin 



Glycerin 



Jam, jelly, and marmalade 



Crim- 

 inal 

 actions. 



21 

 1 

 3 

 2 

 8 

 141 



47 

 122 

 48 

 306 

 16 

 19 

 40 



Seiz- 

 ures. 



51 



37 

 513 



23 



27 

 6 

 7 



25 

 1 



Product. 



Lard and lard substitute. 



Meat and poultry 



Nuts 



Oil, olive, salad, etc 



Oranges 



Preservatives 



Seafoods 



Sirups 



Spices and relishes 



Tomato products 



Vegetables 



Vinegar 



Water 



Total. 



Crim- 

 inal 

 actions. 



193 



50 



1,133 



3 

 4 



130 

 43 



