The log cabin Democrat., 1915-04-27

paper dealer to be kraft. The
 edges of the paper were joined by glue and had label on the outside of the package stated that it contain ed 250 dishes.
 The other paper dish was similar ly stacked and nestled, and was wrap ped in two thicknesses of paper said Dy local dealer to be rag paper. The package was not sealed but was secured by cord passed around the middle and over the ends of the pack age. It contained 239 dishes, while label on the outside stated that it contained 250.
 The wood-pulp dishes were nestled and stacked in one pile, wrapped so that both ends were exposed and se- cured by cord as in the preceding case. The covering consisted of one thickness of paper, said by a local dealer to be screening" The pack age contained only PAT dishes and a label on the outside stated that it contained 25O.
 bhOhEN WRAPPINGS.
 All three of the above packages were received in bad condition. the wrappings being broken and the dishes consequently exposed to contam- ination by dust and. air-borne organ isms. This neglect of proper pre- cautions in shipment would suggest similar indifference to sanitary standards in the manufactory, and would have been more pardonable a few years ago than it is now when Knowledge regarding these matters has been widely diffused and is at the disposal of anyone who wants to acquire it.
 Today no excuse is possible for those who put up foods, or anything that is intended to come in contact with food, in such a manner as no, to protect such commodities from the vicissitudes of transportation. The wooden dish was received in packages containing 254 dishes nest ed and piled in two stacks which were wrapped separately in paper, said by local dealer to be kraft. The wrappers were sealed, and the | two stacks were enclosed in a stong wooden crate securely nailed together and covering the sides and ends of the packages.
 Wooden dishes from another fac tory were received in a package con- taining 523 dishes in four stacks, all being enclosed in tight box made from heavy fibre board, the edges of the box being joined by glue and finished with metal staples A label on the outside stated that the pack age contained 300 dishes. Kraft paper, it should be explained Is superior grade of paper made from what Is known to the trade as "sulphate pulp" for the reason that sulphur predominates among the va- rious chemicals with which the pulp is treated; screening" is a cheap grade made from the refuse of the pulp; while rag paper, as it's name suggests, is made from old rags. On arriving at the laboratory each package was slit open about the cen- tier and dish removed with sterile forceps. This dish was placed in sterile wide-mouthed glass-stoppered bottle containing one hundred cubic lcentimeters of sterile water and ster- ile shot, and the bottle was agitated in such a manner that the dish re- ceived a thorough washing. The washings were then examined and the results recorded according to meth- ods recommended by the American Public Health Association. ! Suitable culture mediums were in- oculated with the contaminated water and allowed to incubate from four to six days. After four days the num- Der of organisms per sample ranged from minimum of fifty in the case of the wooden dish to nine hundred in that of the wood-pulp container. Af- ter six days the number of molds per l dish ranged from one in the case of the wooden container to sixteen hun dred in the case of the wood-pulp | dish.
 A CURIOUS MOLD GROWTH. The development of molds in the case of the wood-pnlp dish was so in- teresting and peculiar that photo- | graphic results of this experiment are shown herewith.
 Molds grew very rapidly upon this container, and from the initial ap- pearance of small spots, rapidly de- veloped into the most fantastic and peculiar forms of varied hues. It seemed entirely probable that mold growth on this dish would have con- pletely filled the sterile jar in few days longer
 Molds were grown on the various dishes by dipping them in sterile