November, 191 1 



MAINE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



ORONO, MAINE. 



CHAS. D. WOODS, Director 



ANALYSTS 



James M. Bartlett Herman H. Hanson 



Albert G. Durgin Royden L. Hammond 



Alfred K. Burke 



INSPECTORS 

 Elmer R. Tobey Albert Verrill Edgar A. White 



0ititml insfpectionsi 



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SPICES, PREPARED MUSTARD, HONEY AND 

 GLUTEN FLOUR. 



The analyses here reported represent goods which are, for 

 the most part, in accord with the requirements of the Maine 

 and the National Food Laws. Because of a shortage in the 

 printing funds considerable interval has elapsed since the analy- 

 sis of some of these goods. The results here published are 

 believed to be of importance and interest to the dealers and 

 consumers in the State. 



All of the different brands here reported were analyzed in 

 considerable detail. In order to economize space and cost of 

 publication only the data necessary to an understanding of the 

 quality of the goods as to weight and purity are here given. 



Spices. 

 The most serious defect found with the spices examined was 

 in the matter of weight. Very little actual adulteration was 

 detected, although an occasional pepper contained more hulls 

 than is found in a first class material of this kind. Some of the 

 claims made for the spices in regard to quality also are not 

 borne out by the results of the investigations. The shortage in 



