Evening star., 1926-04-18
INSPECTION and Education Give Nation Best of Worlds Foo

age on the Vitamin content % eggs.
One test showed that the vita5nin i'm
eggs did not deteriorate even after the
food had been held in storage in "
frozen condition for nine years.
This Government bureau has ia
thered valuable fruit and vegetable
utilization-the production of foods
from otherwise waste products. Citric
acid is now made By Federal methods
from by-product oranges and lemons
from California groves. The growers
get about $12 a ton for this waste
fruit. Orange pulp from which tho
juice has been extracted is now fed TO
dairy COWS in California and is worth
SO ton as a succulent cattle feed. a
commercial use fOr pomegranate Juice
has also been perlectedA
In cooperation with the California
Raisin Growers Association the Gov
ernment scientists have perfected
device which stems raisinS and delivers
the stemmed berries into containers
They have developed another simple
apparatus by which the moisture IN
raisins can he determined quickly. The
soluble solids test" devised by Uncle
Sam, determines the maturity of
cantaloupes and has revolutionized the
cantaloupe industry in some sections
of the country. Maturity tests have
also been used practically in deciding
when to pick oranges. Methods are
now being perfected of identifying diff
ferent strains of citrus fruit by cheml-
cal means.
More than 81 900 American factories
which produce products worth $500,
100000 annually are subject to dust
explosion hazards. The Bureau OF
Chemistry has accomplished wonder
full results i'll protecting these indus
tries and III solving some of the secrets
of fires caused by industry's dusts.
Uncle Sam has produced vat dyes
which Suppant some of the, former
importationS from Germany.
Much work has been done in pro-
viding the proper strains so that the
micro o-orga nisms which produce dis
ease may he studied. Germany is tho
only other source of such stains.
Papers used in wrapping market fruits
and vegetables have also been brought
under the all-seeing microscopes OF
science. Efforts are being made 10
develop more durable map paper
for the use of surveyors and aren't
tcctS.
The Bureau of Chemistry CO.
operates with the Post Office Depart
ment in the prevention of the use of
the mails for fraudulent purposes.
1t aids the War and Navy Depart
mentS by inspecting food for the arms
of our military service. The Federal
chemists assist in the preparation OF
important specifications for paper.
leather. chemicals. foods and feeds.
drugs. insecticides. chemical appa-
ratus and many other supplies pur-
chased in large quantities annually
by the Sam family.
Frozen oranges may appear like
first quality market products, yet
when the consumer peels or cuts
them at home he finds that the fruit
is worthless. The California citrus
regions are now policed by Govern
ment chemists during the Jack Frost
season. They advise growers just
what fruit is not suitable for ship
Inent to the Eastern markets. This
saves the producer from shipping
vaueless citrus and protects the con-
sumner by insuring that he will have
none but edible fruit from which to
I make his market selections.
The Government aids the blueberry
farmers of Maine in selecting the best
diSea free berries for canning. a
certain maggot contaminates blue
berries, and Gamers have TO guard
against damaged fruit in their com
, merCial operations The cherry can
tend against worms. Several years
ago Uncle Sam seized and destroyed
canned cherry shipments infected
with such worms. This was warn
ing to the growers. They have since
sprayed their trees regularly and con-
trolled the insect plunderers.