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TaBLE 9.—Summary of laboratory results on commercial samples taken in E house 
during 1912. 
I. CHEMICAL RESULTS. 
Percentage of ammoniacal nitrogen. 
Num- : Percentage of moisture. 
Description | Table | of Wet basis. Dry basis. 
of sample. No. |sam- 
ples. | Aver- | Mini- | Maxi- | Aver- | Mini- | Maxi- | Aver- | Mini- | Maxi- 
age. |mum.|mum.| age. |mum.|mum.| age. | mum. | mum. 
Whites....... E-VI 3 | 0.0005 | 0.0005 | 0.0006 | 0.0044 | 0.0040 | 0.0049 | 87.84 | 87.55 88. 31 
SYCIEES o)5, core 5 E-VI 4] .0035} .0029 | .0039 |} .0083 | .0072| .0092| 58.37 | 57.72 59, 56 
Whole eggs..-| E-IV 32] .0021 |} .0016 |) .0024} .0075 | .0054 | .0087 | 72.33) 70.23 74,17 
) 
II. BACTERIOLOGICAL RESULTS. 
Percent | Number of organisms per gram. 
of 
Number samples 
Description of sample. tauls (0) ava 
samples. Beer Average. | Minimum, | Maximum, 
5,000,000 
per gram 
Liquid eggs: 
AURIS 5 BAe ete > deneaaac cs E-VI 7 0 730, 000 1,000 1, 800, 000 
“Soft es at CAE Ee a eg E-VI 6 0 630, 000 5,500 | 1,300, 000 
SOVIET RIL EO EAS ab tey ctor ainietain’ =n ='- = ini E-1V 38 26.3 | 3,100,000 700,000 | 11,000,000 
Desiccated whole eggs: 
Blaicy Oeeses sate ee 2-222... E-IIT 48 20.8 | 3,600,000 65,000 | 20,000, 900 
Wien tetMpS sous set! see 2 cS E-II 26 50.0 | 6,900,000 | 1,100,000 | 18,000,000 
TaBLE 10—Summary of laboratory results on commercial samples taken in F house 
during 1912. 
I. CHEMICAL RESULTS. 
Num- Percentage of ammoniacal nitrogen. Percentage of moisture. 
Description | Table wel Wet basis. Dry basis. 
of sample. sam- Aver- | Mini- | Maxi- 
ples. | Aver- | Mini- | Maxi- | Aver- | Mini- | Maxi- | age. | mum. | mum 
age mum. | mum age. | mum. | mum 
WU HIteS.. cs ccice 7 ee 3 | 0.0004 | 0.0002 | 0.0006 | 0.0031 | 0.0016 | 0.0046 | 87.13] 87.01 87.36 
WoOIKS.« wccoc% {evit \ 6 | .0038 | .0034 | .0045 | .0086 | .0075| .0103 | 55.87 | 58.74 57. 25 
Whole eggs .-.| F-IX 5 | .0020} .0019 | .0021) .0070} .0067) .0071 | 72.34) 71.62 73.29 
Sugared yolks F-VII. 7] .0030; .0028} .0033 | .0062 | .0058} .0067 | 51.12 | 49.89 53.07 
Mixed eggs...| F-III..| 10] .0023 | .0017|) .0027; .0071 | .0053 |} .0082 | 68.06] 67.00 70. 81 
Softeggs.....| F-VITI} 11] .0023} .0018| .0031 .0080 | .0066 | .0098 | 71.24 | 67.04 72.99 
Second-grade 
BUS aii ss F-V... 14 | .0023 | .0008| .0040 | .0108 | .0052 | .0182| 78.20} 71.79 84. 60 
II. BACTERIOLOGICAL RESULTS. 
Per cent | Number of organisms per gram. 
of 
samples 
: Table Number with 
Description of sample. ‘ of count Mini- 
i samples. over Average. mite Maximum, 
5,000,000 y 
per 
gram 
Liquid eggs: 
Writes temey seer tS eke ene a a a 10 10.0 1 220, 000 1,000 | 7,500,000 
Brame seine Hae Liuki 8. TU” rcvit |} 28] 10.71 | #550,000) — 6,800] 7, 500, 000 
Whole eggS- ..----------+---------- F-IX... 9 0 1,300,000 | 340,000 3, 500, 000 
MACE Se case ld fe. se HL. = ORI 12 8.33 | 1,700,000] 470,000 | 6,800, 000 
Sot eggs 5. 2 2--|- ---------|------- F-VIII. 13 46.1 | 20,000,000 | 130,000} 80,000,000 
Second-grade frozen eggs........ Sa eR Yt 14 92.8 | 35,000,000 {4,200,000 | 92,000, 000 
Desiccated eggs: 
VG oa oh ky aie 1 a a 15 66.6 | 41,000,000 | 71,000 | 110,000,000 
Pei epee te: 10365 | HIV... 32 59.4 | 29,000,000 | 160,000 | 200,000, 000 
1 Two samples with exceptionally high counts not included in this average. 
2 Three samples with exceptionally high counts not included in this average. 
88374°—Bull. 224—16——2 
