ADULTERATED PARIS GREEN 



2 9 



Canada Ashes, 1895-'96. 



305 

 306 

 308 

 309 

 427 

 428 

 463 



286 

 413 

 414 

 459 



285 Plymouth... 

 287 Newington. 



Epping.... 

 Epping.... 



Hollis 



Plymouth.. 

 Lancaster. 

 Lancaster. 

 Intervale . 



Plymouth. 

 Pittsfleld .. 

 Pittsfleld .. 

 Plymouth. 



Domestic Ashes. 



Refuse Ashes. 



7.53 

 5.34 

 7.01 

 6.02 



11.40 

 5.95 

 8.06 

 7.39 



37.89 



351 



415 



East Pembroke. 

 Pittsfleld 



19.90 

 20.50 



.81 

 .50 



.51 

 .34 



1.96 

 2.05 



8.35 



ADULTERATED PARIS GREEN. 



Since the publication of Bulletin 36 on the composition of 

 Paris green, a sample of that much-used insecticide has been 

 received, which showed every evidence of premeditated fraud. 

 The sample was sent from Alstead and was contained in a 

 pasteboard box with unbroken seal. The package was labeled 

 " Pure Paris Green," " The only sure Poison for Potato-Bugs, 

 Etc. ; " but bore no name of a manufacturer or agent. 



The package was probably intended to pass for a half-pound, 

 but weighed barely seven and one-half ounces before the seal 

 was broken. The contents of the package were of a paler 

 shade of green than those before analyzed, and contained small, 

 white lumps, which were easily pulverized between the thumb 

 and finger. 



The material was found to contain only 30 per cent. 



