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The complete study of this subject is yet to be undertaken, but rep- 

 resentative samples of ciders were collected by the writer in the dif- 

 ent countries visited and forwarded to the Bureau of Chemistry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, for anatysis. To these 

 samples have been added a number of typical samples of American 

 ciders collected during the year 1901. The analyses of these ciders, 

 with explanatory remarks, are given in the tables which follow: 



TABLE XIV. Composition of ciders: Analyses of French samples by Bureau of Chemistry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, 1901. 



