OFFICIAL INSPECTIONS 75. 



Arsenical Insecticides Analysed in 1915. 



Name and Address op 

 Maker, Name op Goods 

 and Source of Sample. 



i Claims Made on Certifi- Results op Examination, 

 cate or on Label 



ARSENATE OF LEAD 

 PASTE 

 Interstate Chemical Co., Jer- Contains not less than 9 per 

 sey City, N. J. " Key Brand cent total arsenic, and not 

 Arsenate of Lead." Mrs. more than J of 1 per cent 

 D. B. Donnelly, Fairfield. arsenic soluble in water. 



Powers-Weightman-R o s e n - Certificate claims that it con- 



garten Co., Philadelphia, 

 Pa. " Lead Arsenate Paste " 

 Frank E. Robbins, Portland. 



tains not less than 12.5 

 AsaOs. Label claims not 

 less than 15 per cent As20s. 

 Not more than 0.75 per 

 cent water soluble arsenic. 

 1 pound. 



Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleve- Certificate claims to contain No. 30371 and No. 30391 



No. 30392. Composition 

 as claimed. Weight not 

 stated, as requiredj^by 

 law. 



No. 30366. Arsenic in ac- 

 cord with highest claim. 

 Water soluble arsenic 

 1.57 per cent. Weight as 

 claimed. 



land, O., and Boston, Mass. 

 "New Process Arsenate oi 

 Lead." No. 30371 from 

 Storer Bros., Yarmouth, No. 

 30391 from F. E. Sherman, 

 Bar Harbor. 



not less than 12 i per cent 

 of total arsenic; label not 

 less than 8.16 per cent arse- 

 nic. Not more than .49 

 per cent soluble. 1 pound. 



Carried 9.74 and 10.43 

 per cent metallic aisenic. 

 In accord with label but 

 not in accord with certif- 

 icate. Weight as claimed. 



Thomsen Chemical Co., Baiti- On certificate: contains not less; No. 30380. Arsenic highe 

 mnTP. \TH._ " Orchn.rH "Rrn.nd than 9.8 npr cpnt metallic tha.rt clnimprT Wo+* 



Ai senate of I76ad Standard 

 Paste." Milliken-Pnilbrook 

 Portland. 



ARSENATE OF LEAD 

 POWDERED 

 Corona Chemical Co., Milwau- 

 kee, Wis. "Corona Dry 

 Arsenate of Lead." S. J. 

 Record Co., Norway. 



Merrimac Chemical Co., Bos- 

 ton, Mass. "Swift's Arse- 

 nate of Lead Powdered." 

 Eaton Hardware Co., Bruns- 

 wick. 



Powers- Weightman-R o s e n - 

 gaten Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 

 "Lead Arsenate Powder." 

 H. M. Burnham, Old Town. 



arsenic and not more than 

 0.48 per cent metallic arse- 

 nic soluble in water. 5 Ids. 



Not in original package. Claim 

 on certificate: not less than 

 19.5 per cent total arsenic 

 and not more than 0.5 per 

 cent arsenic soluble in water 



Contains not less than 25 per 

 cent arsenic oxide (As20o) 

 and not over 1| per cent 

 water soluble arsenic. 1 lb. 



Contains not less than 25 per 

 cent arsenic oxide (AssOs) 

 and not more than 0.75 per 

 cent arsenic soluble in 

 water and not less than 6 

 per cent inert ingredients. 

 1 lb. 



soluble ' arsenic slightly 

 high. Net weight as 

 claimed. 



No. 30374. Practically in 

 accord with guaranty. 



No. 30365. Weight and 

 composition as claimed. 



No. 30390. Weight and 

 composition as claimed. 



Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleve- On certificate: contains notlNos. 30364 and 303S2. 



land, O., and Boston, Mass. 

 "Dry Arsenate of Lead.':' 

 No. 30364 from Eaton Hard- 

 ware Co., Brunswick. No. 

 30382 from Kendall & Whit- 

 ney, Portland. 



ARSENITE OF ZINC 

 PASTE 

 Thomsen Chemical Co., Balti- 

 more, Md. "Orchard Brand 

 Arsenite of Zinc Paste." 

 Milliken-Philbrook, Portland 



less than 30 per cent of arse- 

 nic oxide and not more than 

 1 per cent of arsenic oxide 

 soluble in water. 1 lb. 



Not less than 15.25 per cent 

 total metallic arsenic and 

 not more than 0.57 per cent 

 metallic arsenic soluble in 

 water. 5 lbs. 



Weight and composition 

 as claimed. 



No. 30379. Weight and 

 composition as claimed. 



