LARD AND LARD ADULTERATIONS. 



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the sapouilication equivalent of lard at 289 and cocoa-nut oil at lilt) ; 

 bonce every .7 fall in the equivalent below 289 indicates the probable 

 presence of 1 per cent, of the adulterant. Pressing inquiries have been 

 sent to Mr. Allen from America as to where cocoa-nut stearine could be 

 obtained, but none was found to be on the market. The comparison of 

 the analyses of pure lard and cocoa-nut oil is given in the following 

 table: 



DETECTION OF COTTONSEED OIL IN LARD. 



Mr. A. II. Allen* has made a further study of the detection of cotton- 

 see>l oil in lard. As a result of his analyses he gives the following fig- 

 ures: 



1 Rising to 27.5 



2 Rising to 39.0. 



3 Rising to 38.8. 



4 Rising to 38.5. 



"The Analyst, September, 1888. 



