70 MAINE AGRICUI.TURAI, EXPERIMENT STATION. I909. 



Table showing results of analyses of spices and pepper pur- 

 chased in packages in March, ipop — Concluded. 





Manufacturer, Name of Dealer and 

 Brand. 



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Remarks. ; 



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CAYENNE 



PEPPER. 





8091 



E. F. Fischer & Co., New York. 



M. J. Flaherty, Portland. Fischer's 



Pure Cayenne. 



.05 



.11 



Passed. 



8057 



D. & L. Slade Co., Boston. 



Boston Tea Store, Lewiston. Slades 



Pure Extra Strong Pepper. 



.12 



.11 



Passed. 



8066 



Stickney & Poor, Boston, Mass. 



E. Janelle & Co., Lewiston. Stickney 



& Poor's Pure Cayenne. 



.10 



.13 



Passed. 



WHITE PEPPER. 



8084 



8035 



B. Fischer & Co., New York. 



E. F. Hilhnan, Portland. Pure "White 



Pepper. 



Stickney & Poor, Boston. 

 S. H. Robinson & Son, Bangor. Stick- 

 ney & Poor's Absolutely Pure "White 

 Pepper. 



.05 



.08 



.06 Passed. 



Passed. 



Sweet Spirit of Nitre. 



Twenty-eight samples of sweet spirit of nitre were purchased 

 at as many different drug stores during the month of April and 

 the results of the analyses are here reported. Hearings were 

 appointed in all of these cases which ran below 80 per cent 

 U. S. P. standard and after investigation it was deemed neces- 

 sary to prosecute some of the cases. Three cases have been 

 brought to trial, conviction obtained and fine paid. The trials 

 of others are pending. 



At least one wholesale druggist and manufacturing chemist 

 within the State has adopted that which seems to be a repre- 

 hensible, although lawful practice, of furnishing to the drug- 

 gists of the State a below-standard spirit of nitre marked to 

 carry 2 1-2 per cent of ethyl nitrite instead of the minimum of 

 4 per cent which is U. S. P. standard. They explain "we send 

 62 per cent alcohol and 2 1-2 per cent ethyl nitrite because this 

 is the strength that our trade paid for before the pure food law 

 came into force." 



