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BULLETIN 1009, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



attention was given to the height of fill of the bottle. The short- 

 capacity bottles, which were always too full and filled high in the 

 neck, were partially emptied into the over-capacity bottles, which 

 were not full enough, in order to obtain a more uniform quantity of 

 contents. 



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Fig. 1. — Long-necked bottles. 



It is the custom of bottlers to label their products with the quan- 

 tity of contents either by a paper label or b}^ having the statement 

 blown into the bottle. In each case the bottler must depend upon the 

 uniformity of the bottle to secure accurate statements of the quantity 

 of contents. This fact is considered in this bulletin in calculating the 

 variation in volume of bottled foods. 



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Fig. 2. — Short-necked bottles. 

 TYPES OF BOTTLES. 



Although foods are put up in a large variety of bottles, three sur- 

 veys of the industry indicate that certain t}^pes are very prevalent. 

 In view of the mooted questions concerning the panel bottle it has 

 not been included in this study. Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the types 

 which have been studied. The cross section of the bottle may be 



