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condition of the sample may be attributed to a want of care on 

 the part of the Inspector. A dirty bottle may have been taken, 

 or it may be only partially filled, or a bad or loosely-fitting cork 

 may have been used, or the sample may have been kept in too 

 warm a place. In such cases, a glance at the sample, before 

 •even the bottle is opened, is frequently enough to show that the 

 milk has been improperly divided or improperly preserved, and 

 that we shall probably find it impossible to make a satisfactory 

 examination. But that the Inspectors do as a rule exercise 

 proper care is quite evident from the appearance of the great 

 majority of the samples received by us. 



" At the same time, I would strongly impress upon Local 

 Authorities the necessity of seeing that Inspectors are provided 

 with adequate arrangements for securely and properly storing 

 reference samples, as miscarriages of justice have undoubtedly 

 arisen from the absence of such proper arrangements. 



" I am, Sir, 



" Your obedient Servant, 



" (Signed) T. E. Thorpe." 

 " Dr. R. K. Brown, B.A., D.P.H., 

 " Public Health Department, 

 " Town Hall, Lower Road, 



" Bermondsey, S.E." 



Cold Storage of Pears. 



In the summer of 1901 a series of experiments upon the cold 

 storage of pears and other fruit was begun by the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. 

 Bulletin No. 40 issued by the Bureau contains an account of 

 the results of the preliminary investigations in pear storage 

 carried out in 1901 and 1902. 



The Bartlett and Kieffer pears were principally used in the 

 •experiments. The Bartlett represents the delicate-fleshed, 

 tender pears, ripening in hot weather, which are withdrawn 

 from storage before the weather becomes cool. The Kieffer, on 

 the other hand, is a coarse, hard pear, which ripens later in the 



