Excerpt from Foreign Trade Practises in the Manufacture and Exportation of Alcoholic, Beverages and Canned Goods: Summary of an Investigation Made in Great Britain, and Ireland, Germany, and France In harmony with the instructions of the Secretary of Agriculture, I visited, during July, August, and September, 1905, some of the principal regions in Great Britain and Ireland, Germany, and France, where whisky, wine, and brandy are produced. The chief object kept in view in these investigations was to study the preparation, preserva tion, and character of the products above mentioned as offered for importation into the United States, in order that just and effective standards and regulations might be adopted for their inspection on arrival at our ports. Special attention was given to the disputed questions which have arisen as to the use of sulfurous acid in wines, the definitions of whiskies (scotch, Irish, blended, and mixt etc; and the conclusions reached, based on these investigations, fur nish important data for the conduct of the imported-food inspection work of this Bureau. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.