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LABELS FOR HONEY. —The Federal 
Food and Drug Act has been amended by 
the “Gould Amendment,” which changes 
the wording of the original act regarding 
the labeling of net weight and makes it 
compulsory for food in package form to 
bear a statement of its net weight, etc. 
The section as amended reads: 
That, for the purpose of this Act, an ar¬ 
ticle shall be deemed to be misbranded: 
( 1 ) . 
( 2 ) . 
(3) If in package form, the quantity of 
the contents be not plainly and conspicu¬ 
ously marked on the outside of the package 
in terms of weight, measure, or numerical 
count. Provided, however, that reasonable 
variation shall be permitted, and tolerances 
and also exemptions as to small packages 
shall be established by rules and regulations 
made in accordance with the provisions of 
section three of this act. 
In the case of extracted honey, packages 
holding two ounces or less weight, or one 
fluid ounce or less by measure, do not have 
to have the contents stated on the label, but 
for larger ones the statement must be on 
the label in a conspicuous place. The net 
weight so placed must be the actual net 
weight, and the variations in individual 
packages must be as often above as below 
to relieve one of prosecution under this act. 
In the case of comb honey, “The net 
weight of the comb honey is considered to 
be the weight of the honey and comb, ex¬ 
clusive of the wooden section. As it is not 
practicable to mark the exact net weight on 
each, the sections are sorted into groups 
and on each section in the group should be 
marked its minimum net weight. (See 
Comb Honey, to Produce.) This may be 
marked in accordance with paragraph (h) 
of Food Inspection Decision No. 154. (A 
copy of this can be obtained by addressing 
the Bureau of Chemistry, United States 
Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C.) 
“The individual units must be marked, 
and the shipping case may be if desired. 
The marking should be done before their 
introduction into interstate commerce. 
“While the regulations do not prescribe 
the manner of marking, as to whether a 
rubber stamp may be used, the law requires 
that the statement shall be plain and con¬ 
spicuous. Stamping by means of aniline 
ink is frequently illegible, owing to failure 
to print or to the running of the ink. If 
such a stamp is used, care should be taken 
to make the statement plain and conspicu¬ 
ous, as required by the act.” 
The above is a letter signed by the Sec¬ 
retary of the Committee on Regulations, 
Net Weight, and Volume Law, and repre¬ 
sents the committee’s views as to which 
weight be considered final. 
LARVAE. —Brood while in the worm 
state. See Brood and Brood-rearing; Be¬ 
havior of Bees; and Development of 
Bees. 
LANGSTROTH. — Lorenzo Lorraine 
Langstroth was born in Philadelphia, Pa., 
Dec. 25, 1810. He graduated at Yale Col¬ 
lege in 1831, in which college he was tutor 
of mathematics from 1834 to 1836. After 
his graduation he pursued a theological 
course of study, and in May, 1836, became 
pastor of the second Congregational Church 
in Andover, Mass., which position ill health 
compelled him to resign in 1838. He was 
principal of the Abbott Female Academy 
in Andover in 1838-’39, and in 1839 re¬ 
moved to Greenfield, Mass., where he was 
principal of the High School for Young 
Ladies, from 1839 to 1844. In 1844 he 
became the pastor of the Second Congre¬ 
gational Church in Greenfield, and after 
four years of labor here, ill health com¬ 
pelled his resignation. In 1848 he removed 
to Philadelphia, where he was principal of 
a school for young ladies from 1848 to 
1852. In 1852 he returned to Greenfield; 
removed to Oxford, 0., in 1858, and to 
Dayton, 0., in 1887. 
At at early age the boy Lorenzo showed 
