The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-05
GREAT BRITAIN NEEDS
A PURE FOOD LAW

Are Said to Be Entirely Free from
Fermcnted Apple Juice-other
Illustrations.
| London, Oct. 5.--An efficient pure food
law is sadly needed in Great Britain,
according to the indications of the gov
eminent chemist in his annual report on
the work OF his laboratory.
! Cider is favorite beverage in England
for those who prefer soft drinks, and il
is stated that the great majority of So
called mon alcoholic elders" are entirely
free from fertnented apple juice and are
simply solcutions of sugar which have
been aerated, favored and colored. Bev-
erages of this class are frequently pre-
pared from liquids or essences supplied
by manufacturers, who also furnish ~
recipe for making cider from them. In
one brand examined liquid supplied by
a continental firm as concentrated APP
pie juice" was found to be a strong So
luton OF sugar favored with fruit es.
sences, colored with aniline dye and
quite free from apple juice One of the
samples Of butter marked Canadian
Produce contained 275 per cent. of
water the legal limit being sixteen pei
cent.
Samples of oysters sent from the west
Of England on suspicion that they had
caused copper poisoning showed that all
OF the oysters contained both copper
and zinc. The report says that the pres
enee of zinc in oysters does not appear
to have been noticed previously and in
those examined there was considerably
more zine than copper The heaviest
oysters contained the most copper and
zinc, leading thu chemist TO conclude that
the foreign substances had no deleterious
effect on the growth OF the oysters
The report also uncovers the fact that
dealers improve the weight of tea by |
placing sand in il and it shows that !
many other food products are hardly |
what their consumers expect them |
to be.
The cultivation and handling of cotton
IN the banks of the Nile are to be stud.
ed by delegation OF 100 experts, repre-
enting twelve nations They are going
o Egypt shortly under the auspices OF
he International Federation of Master
,otton Spinners and will make thor
ugh inspection of the various ginning
aetories, seed crushing factories and
in the country.
In addition to visiting the expert
mental and other plantations, the dele
ates will hold conferences with the
apartment of agriculture at Alexandria
he khedival Agricultural society and
he Alexandra Produce association.
This visit is intended to be compile.
leatary to the one made. to Egypt last
inter by the British Cotton Growing
ssociaton, and in view of the fact that :
ne commission sent to the United States
V the federation in 1907 resulted in the
OF many Improvements in
he handling and storing Of cotton sim
ar benefits are expected to issue from :.
le visit to Egypt. Il
The latest reports received here on G
he cotton crop are OF very favorable
lture and an estimate of its extent Ii
aces it at eight million eantars of one
inbred pounds each. which is record a
op for Egypt. !
Colonel Hughes, Canadian minister of
ilitia, and the officers accompanying q
m, had busy time viewing the ma =
puvres Of two great armies within the II
ace of two weeks. Colonel Hughes and =
S staff reached Tours, France, on Sep :,
mber H., and next day they witnessed q
e clash of two opposing armies Of :
0 900 men. They were present at two
we're battles and several minor engage
snts. In addition to observing the
'rk IN the fed, they spent much time
examining the transport trains and a.
E camp and field equipment
They returned to England to witness
, launching of the battleship Auda- oh
us, and then attended the British W
ny mannuvres at Cambridge. =
4 daring attempt to make a voyage :
md the world in 25-foot sailing boat j
Just been started from Yokohama ~
Captain J. {. Ross of Victoria, b. c.. +,
I two Young Englishmcn. Sufficient ca
ID and r'ater has been taken on board
last the three men until they reach M
Fiji islands the first port of call !.
I'm the islands they viii proceed to
stralia and thence to the coast OF
thern Asia. -
they viii then sail along the coast l
the Mediterranean and up the Span W
and French coasts to the south OF 10
gland.
-eaving England. they viii steer a =
therly course across the Atlantic for 4.
lama, where they expect TO be one
the frs. boats passing through the ,
ipieted canal. Leaving the canal.
y viii cruise up the west coast Of
til America to Victoria. B. C.. from
Oh port they viii commence the last n
Of their world encircling VOYAGE b. II
sing he Pacific to Yokohama. 4