BULLETIN 563, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table I. — Bacteria per cubic centimeter in 198 samples from twenty-two 1-gallon lots of 
commercial ice cream obtained from different manufacturers — Continued. 
Plant 
No. 
Lot. 
Sam- 
ple 
No. 
Flavor. 
Dilution. 
Number of 
colonies on 
duplicate 
plates. 
Average 
count 
per c. c. 
5 
6 
A (fat, 17 per cent, gelatin — ). . . 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
Vanila 
i o o o o 
44 
45 
46 
36 
49 
35 
47 
49 
26 
'"is 
49 
44' 
43 
41 
41 
440,000 
465,000 
475,000 
360,000 
490,000 
395,000 
450,000 
450,000 
335,000 
D 
1 
Peach 
ro"5oT5 
44 
46 
44 
50 
48 
42 
41 
48 
41 
53 
38 
44 
46 
485,000 
420,000 
440,000 
500,000 
480,000 
430,000 
435,000 
480,000 
410,000 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
8 
9 
C 
1 
Chocolate . . . 
ToOoooo" 
142 
123 
137 
156 
130 
138 
142 
143 
145 
"*i07" 
152 
123 
135 
130 
130 
176 
142,000,000 
123,000,000 
122,000,000 
154,000,000 
126,500,000 
136,500,000 
136,000,000 
136,500,000 
165,000,000 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
8 
9 
A (fat, 9.2 per cent, gelatin-} ) . . . 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
1 
Vanilla 
100000 
144 
128 
179 
200 
235 
152 
130 
270 
222 
178 
136 
161 
"196" 
'133' 
16,100,000 
13,200,000 
17,000,000 
20,000,000 
21,250,000 
15,200,000 
13,150,000 
27,000,000 
22,200,000 
1 
2 
3 
i 
6 
7 
8 
9 
Peaoh 
Y o 6 o o 
102 
86 
109 
107 
111 
117 
117 
90 
103 
"ids" 
111 
107 
105 
115 
115 
108 
98 
102,000,000 
97,000,000 
110,000,000 
107,000,000 
108,000,000 
115,000,000 
116,000,000 
99,000,000 
100,500,000 
C 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
Chocolate . . . 
ToooooO 
45 
41 
37 
43 
39 
48 
44,000,000 
40,000,000 
42,500,000 
39 
41 
43 
37 
52 
43 
44 
42 
"4i' 
41,000,000 
41,000,000 
42,500,000 
37,000,000 
46,500,000 
D 
1 
Vanilla 
TTihlQ 
121 
114 
120 
126 
105 
87 
134 
122 
137 
102 
98 
125 
106 
113 
124 
149 
125 
137 
1,115,000 
1,060,000 
1,225,000 
1, 160, 000 
1,090,000 
1,055,000 
1,415,000 
1,235,000 
1,370,000 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
-7 
8 
9 
7 
\ 
1 
Chocolate... 
TTToTTC 
170 
161 
161 
179 
162 
174 
131 
184 
157 
176 
"183" 
165 
192 
■"143* 
1,730,000 
1,610,000 
1,720,000 
1,720,000 
1,770,000 1 
1,740,000 
1,310,000 
1,635,000 
1,570,000 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
8 
9 
