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BULLETIN 1009, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
attention was given to the height of fill of the bottle. The short- 
capacity bottles. which were always too fall and filled high in the 
neck, were partially emptied into the over-capacity bottles, which 
were not full enough, in order to obtain a more uniform quantity of 
contents. 
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Fig. 1. — Long-necked bottles. 
It is the custom of bottlers to label their products with the quan- 
tity of contents either by a paper label or by having the statement 
blown into the bottle. In each case the bottler must depend upon the 
uniformity of the bottle to secure accurate statements of the quantity 
of contents. This fact is considered in this bulletin in calculating the 
variation in volume of bottled foods. 
Fig. 2. — Short-necked bottles. 
TYPES OF BOTTLES. 
Although foods are put up in a large variety of bottles, three 'sur- 
veys of the industry indicate that certain types are very prevalent. 
In view of the mooted questions concerning the panel bottle it has 
not been included in this study. Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the types 
which have been studied. The cross section of the bottle mav be 
