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pounds of skim milk. As the so]);irator leaves only .03 

 of one per cent, of fat in the skim milk, there will he a 

 loss durini:; tlu^ year of 3.1 j)<)un(ls of hutter far, the 

 equivalenr of ;M) pounds of hutKM'. With d(^cp set- 

 ting, at a trmj)eratui-e of 8:5. G dcg-i-ees Falirenhcit (a 

 close appi'ox'imaiion to our summer tem]:)ei-atiirc) , there 

 will be a hiss of ]o9 jioiinds of butter in the skim milk, 

 between on(>-thir(l and one-foui-th of the total. With 

 shallow pan settinsi; ;it a temperai iii-e of So. 7 degrees 

 Fahreidicir, the loss will be 73.5 pr)unds of buiter in the 

 skim milk. Along with tlie saving of bntKn- fat a sr^pa- 

 rator gives bcMter cream, a better butter and better skim 

 "milk. The cream separator is indispensable to the 

 dairyman of the Gulf States of the Soiiih, 



THE.EFFKCT OF FOOD ON TIIP: MKLTING POINT AND VOL- 

 ATILE ACIDS OF IJUTTEK. 



In the year lUOl feeding experiments were cari-i(Ml on 

 to ascertain the effect of different amounts of cotton seed, 

 cotton seed m(>al and cotton seed hulls, in coml)inaiion 

 with bran and sorghum hay, on tlip composition of but- 

 ter, and for tliis pui-pose six cows wei-e divided into two 

 lots of tln-ee each. They were fed in the barn all tliat 

 they woidd eat up clean twice a day, and were confined 

 to stalls dui-ing the night. One week of jireparatory 

 feeding preceded the experiment proper, which lasted 

 for four weeks. 



