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In writing the text I have had to rely almost entirely on the experience gained during the seven years in which I have been engaged in the manufacture of these products, as there are no books on the subject, and no sources of reference except the bulletins prepared by Mr. B. J. Howard and Mr. C. H. Stephenson of the Bureau of Chemistry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, on the sorting and washing of tomatoes, the handling of tomato trimmings, and the effect of proper and improper sorting and washing on the content of micro-organisms as determined by microscopical examination.

I wish to thank Mr. B. J. Howard of the Bureau of Chemistry for the valuable suggestions and information he gave me with reference to portions of the text of Chapter II and Chapter VII, and also to thank the Bureau of Chemistry for permission to use many of their photomicrographs and photographs.