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Show I VWEGAR HAS I TOO MUCH WATER Ist Water in vinegar is a gooJ thing, gjr according to the Btatc chomlst. But, Y!al r tho srime authority, too much of a U? good thing Is too much, In this us In, R ', other Jnatance3. iftf5 . Sixty samples of table vinegar, col- ! ' lectcd from various parts of the state. by the food commissioner, have been submitted to. the chemist for analysis,. analy-sis,. In thirty-two samples he found that two were below the required standard. It is the practlco of dealers to Import the concentrated article so as to save freight on the water necessary neces-sary to lower the "Beaunie" hydrometer hydro-meter to the desired point of atlenu-Ity. atlenu-Ity. In this process, however, the attenuation at-tenuation is sometimes carried beyond be-yond tho proper point by the thrifty merchant. Thcso are the offenders who aro being be-ing sought by the food commissioner, and for that purpose ho has called in the assistance of the state chemist. |