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MAINE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



ORONO, MAINE. 



CHAS. D. WOODS, Director 



d^fficial SnsfpEctionfii. 



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Both the spirit and the letter of the Maine Inspection laws 

 demand freedom from adulteration and truthful labeling. 



Official Inspections 9 and 10. 

 Official Inspections 9 containing results of analyses of manu- 

 facturers's samples of fertilizers licensed to be sold in the year 

 1909. and Official Inspections 10, which contains the results of 

 the analyses of the concentrated commercial feeding stuffs 

 collected during a year ending about April i were sent to the 

 general mailing list and to dealers in fertilizers, feeding stufifs 

 and seeds. Copies of these will be sent to any citizen of the 

 State on request. 



Soda and Cream of Tartar. 



A few samples of soda and cream of tartar have been exam- 

 ined, chiefly sent in by correspondents. These have all been 

 found to be practically pure. The following brands of soda 

 were sampled : Wyandotte Bicarbonate of Soda, Michigan 

 Alkali Co., Wyandotte, i\Iich. Success Soda, Moorehouse 

 Manfg. Co., Savannah, Ga. 



With two exceptions, the cream of tartars were bulk goods. 

 A sample of Slades Grape Cream of Tartar, packed by D. & L. 

 Sla 'e Co., Boston, Mass., and the Stickney & Poor's Warranted 

 Pure Cream of Tartar, packed by Stickney & Poor, Boston, 

 were pure and full weight packages. 



