July, 1910 



MAINE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



ORONO, MAINE. 



CHAS. D. WOODS, Director 



Analysts 

 James M. Bartlett Herman H. Hansoni 



Albert G. Durgin Royden L. Hammond 



Raymond P. Norton Alfred K. Burke 



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NOTICE — CURRANTS AND RAISINS. 



Attention is called to the discussion, in Official Inspections 22, 

 of currants and raisins. Four points should again be brought 

 to the notice of the trade and the public. 

 . Out of 82 packages only 3 weighed a pound, net. 



Many of the packages, especially the currants, contained an 

 inexcusable amoynt of dirt. 



A smaller number contained live worms or the excreta of 

 insects. 



Some of the brands were labeled with statements which were 

 either grossly exaggerated or entirely untrue. 



As most of the shippers and dealers with whom we have cor- 

 responded concerning this matter express themselves as willing 

 to remove objectionable statements from packages and, as far 

 as possible, correct the faults which we have found, and as this 

 is the first time that we have taken up this subject, it was thought 

 best to make no prosecutions in the present cases. Before an- 

 other extended investigation of these goods is made sufficient 

 time will be allowed for the packers and shippers to correct the 

 faults to which attention has been called. 



