January, 191 5. 



MAINE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 



ORONO, MAINE. 



CHAS. D. WOODS, Director. 



ANALYSTS 



James M. Bartlett Herman H. Hanson 



Royden L. Hammond Edward E. Sawyer 



Elmer R. Tobey Hoyt D. Lucas 



0ltitial Snsipectionsi 



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OPENED SHELL-FISH. 



The Commissioner of Agriculture is the executive of the law 

 regulating the sale of foods in Maine. It is the duty of the 

 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station to make the analyses 

 of the samples collected by the Commissioner, and it is the duty 

 of the Director to publish the results of the analyses of the 

 samples of foods, together with the names of the persons from 

 whom the samples were obtained, the names of the manufac- 

 turers thereof and such additional information as may seem 

 advisable. 



The results of the examination of samples of oysters, scal- 

 lops and clams collected and examined in the fall of 19 14 are 

 given in the tables which follow. 



Note;. All correspondence relative to the inspection laws should be 

 addressed to the Bureau of Inspections, Department of Agriculture, 

 Augusta, Maine. 



