LIST OF PACKERS. 1153 



G. W. Hunt & Co., Baltimore, Md. A sample of pens (No. 10712) 

 packed by this firm contained both copper and zinc, the latter in small 

 amount. No preservative was found. 



W . L. James, Hagerstown, Md. A sample of corn (No. 10919) from 

 this packer was examined. A trace of zinc was found. Copper was 

 not present, and salicylic acid could not be certainly identified. 



Keagle & Guider, Baltimore, Md. A can of peas prepared by this 

 firm was examined and figures as No. 10900. It was free from pre- 

 servative, copper, and zinc. 



Le Lagadec, Lorient, France. A sample of peas, No. 10878, was 

 examined. It was free from preservatives and zinc, but showed an 

 excessively large amount of copper. 



Charles Laing & Co., Baltimore, Md. A sample of peas packed by this 

 firm was examined and is recorded as No. 10884. It contained an extra- 

 ordinarily large amount of salicylic acid. Copper and zinc were absent. 



Henri Lambert & Cie, Bordeaux. Two samples of peas were exam- 

 ined and are recorded as Nos. 10880 and 10904. Both contained large 

 quantities of copper. Neither contained zinc or preservatives. Cop- 

 per was found in this firm's peas by the Massachusetts Board of Health 

 in 1891 (see page 1100). 



H. S. Lanfair & Co., Baltimore. A sample of string beans, No. 10736, 

 put up by this firm contained a small amount of copper but no pre- 

 servatives. 



Laurel Canning Co., Laurel, Del. A sample of pumpkin, No. 10782, 

 put up by this firm contained salicylic acid. 



Francis H. Leggett & Co., New York. Ten samples of this firm's 

 goods were examined. Five contained salicylic acid, the list being : 

 Pea sample, No. 10905 ; corn, 10752 ; okra, 10770 5 mixed okra and toma- 

 toes, 10771, and asparagus, 10779. Two more, an asparagus sample, 

 No. 10 780, and Lima beans, 10744, probably contained it, but the amount 

 present was not large enough to allow it to be identified with certainty. 

 In squash sample, No. 11681, it may also have been present. In aspar- 

 agus sample, No. 10777, and pea sample, No. 10628, it was probably 

 absent. The last-named sample contained a trace of copper, but this 

 metal was absent from the others. A trace of zinc was present in the 

 Lima beans. 



Leopold, Bordeaux. A sample of peas from this firm is given as No. 

 10874. It contained copper. No salicylic acid or other preservative 

 was found. The Massachusetts board of health found copper in x>eas 

 bearing this brand in its investigation of 1891 (see page 1160). 



C. Leicis & Co., Boston, Mass. A sample of baked beans from this 

 firm is giver, as No. 10773. It contained salicylic acid. There was no 

 copper or zinc. 



Los Angeles Packing Co. A sample of Lima beans from this firm was 

 bought in Nebraska and is given under No. 10948, Preservatives could 

 not certainly be identified. 

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