LABELS OF CORN SAMPLES. 1121 



No. 10765. Green corn. Baile $ Stouffer, New Windsor, Md. This sample was bought 

 from Frank Hume, 454 Pennsylvania avenue NW., and cost 10 cents. It 

 was labeled: "Green corn. Packed by Baile &. Stouffer, at New Wind- 

 sor, Carroll Co., Md. All goods bearing this brand are guaranteed to 

 be of first quality." 

 This corn was hard, white and fresh. It contained salicylic acid in 



large quantity, but no zinc. Lead was present. 



No. 10766. Union Mills sugar corn. B. F. Shriver $ Co., Union Mills, Md. This 

 sample was bought from Frank Hume, 454 Pennsylvania avenue NW., 

 and cost 10 cents. It was labeled: "Union Mills Packing Co.'s first 

 quality sugar corn. Packed by B. F. Shriver & Co., at Union Mills, 

 Carroll Co., Md." 



The corn of this sample was soft, mushy and white. No preserva- 

 tive was found. Zinc and lead were also absent. 



No. 10767. Boyle's Run brand sugar corn. G. H. Boyle, York Furnace, Pa. This 

 sample was bought from H. I. Meader, 755 Eighth street SE., and cost 

 15 cents. The label read : "Boyle's Run brand sugar corn, first quality. 

 Packed by Granville H. Boyle, York Furnace, York County, Pa." 



The corn of this sample was soft, mushy and white. No preservative 

 was found. Zinc to the amount of 6.4 mg per kilo and a trace of lead 

 were present. 



No. 10768. Western brand sugar corn. T. Clagett, Upper Marlboro, Md. This sam- 

 ple was bought from Frank Hume, 454 Pennsylvania avenue NW., and 

 cost 10 cents. It was labeled: "Weston brand extra quality sugar 

 corn. Packed by T. Clagett, near Upper Marlboro, Prince George Co., 

 Md. This corn is grown and packed in Prince George Co., celebrated 

 as the most fertile region of southern Maryland for tho perfection of this 

 vegetable." 

 No preservative was found in this brand. Zinc was present in small 



quantity (1.6 mg per kilo). There was no lead. 



No. 10900. Kangeley sweet corn. A. H. Burnham, Waterford, Me. This sample 

 was bought from E. E. Berry, stand 1, Riggs Market, at a cost of 15 

 cents. Tho label read: " Rangeley sweet corn. Packed by A. H. Burn- 

 ham at Waterford, Oxford Co., Me. Selected and packed Avith especial 

 care for finest quality Maine sugar corn." 

 The corn of this sample was soft, mushy and white. It contained 



both sulphurous and salicylic acids. Neither zinc nor lead was present. 



No. 10910. Wakefield brand sugar corn. Smith, Tingling <f Co., Westminster, Md. 

 This sample was bought from J. R. Sherwood, stand 2, Riggs Market, 

 and cost 10 cents. Tho label was: "Wakefield brand sugar corn; first 

 quality. Packed where grown when perfectly fresh by Smith, Ying- 

 liug &. Co., at Westminster, Carroll Co., Md." 



The can was corroded and the corn had a bad appearance. No pre- 

 servative could be identified with certainty. Zinc was present. There 

 was a trace of lead. 



No. 10911. Scottish Chief sugar corn. 4ustin, Nichols <j- Co., New Tork. This sam- 

 ple waa bought from F. E. Alteuius, 1410 P street NW., and cost 12J 

 cents a can. The label bore a gaudy picture of a man dressed in full 

 highland Scotch dress, and read: "Scottish Chief extra sugar corn. 



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