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ing, Dec. 3, 1876. The milk was divided into three portions, as follows . 

 319 grams were fir.st drawn into one bottle, 274 grams were drawn 

 into a second, and the remainder of the milk, 100 grams, was drawn 

 into the third bottle. These three samples of milk were brouj^ht to 

 Boston next morning and analyzed, with the following results. No. 1 

 proving so poor, a second analysis was made of it. This did not 

 change the figures to any amount. 



The first drawing in this case, while showing a deficiency of total 

 solids, and soli<Is not fat, nevertheless has rather more than the average 

 amount of sugar, so the rule laid down would fail to condemn this as 

 a watered milk. No one, however, would hesitate a moment in saying 

 that it was a very poor article indeed. " Georgiana's" milk, as shown 

 all through tliis paper, is not a very rich milk. 



The near approach of Ayrshire milk to woman's milk is worthy of 

 remark. The average of many analyses of woman's milk, as given by 

 different authors, is as follows : — 



These differ fully as much among themselves as any one differs 

 from the average of Ayrshire milk, as given. Any tampering with 

 Ayrshire milk, such as adding sugar and water to it, in order to make 

 it more nearly resemble woman's milk, will therefore evidently do 

 more harm than good: it is free from the excess of fat which often- 

 times renders Alderney milk unfit for food for delicate children, and I 

 have been assured by those who have used it that it makes an excellent 

 substitute for woman's milk. For children's food, it evidently needs 



