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EXPERIMENTAL FAHMS 



2-3 LDWARD VII., A. 1903 



The differences in moisture-content between the honeys kept in glass stoppered 

 bottles and cheese cloth covered bottles are so small that we hesitate to draw any com- 

 parisons as to the respective merits of these methods of preservation. 



The honey from uncapped and partially capped comb was found to have decidedly 

 poor keeping qualities compared with the fully capped comb. Several of the jars of im- 

 mature honey had fermented when examined in October. 



This work was recently repeated on honey of the 1902 crop, with the following 

 results : — 



Table II.— Water in Honey, 1902. 



We notice in the first place that compared with last year's results the same differ- 

 ences in water-content between the ripe and unripe honeys are not observable, though, 

 as in 1901, the latter contain somewhat the higher percentages. Evidently, the char- 

 acter of the season has an influence in this matter and it is quite possible that some 

 seasons the honey from uncapped comb may be practically of equal quality to that from 

 capped comb. 



In the case of honey extracted from fully capped comb, it would appear that it 

 absorbed moisture from the air to a slight extent when kept in cheese cloth covered 

 vessels. Experiments are now in progress to ascertain the effect of dry and moist air, 

 respectively, on extracted honey. 



The investigation with ripe and unripe honey will be further proceeded with,^and 

 as results of interest are obtained a report will be issued. 



THE PERCENTAGE OF WATER IN CANADIAN CREAMERY BUTTER. 



The recent enactment in England that butter to be accounted legally genuine should 

 not contain more than IG per cent of water, made it desirable that we should obtain, 

 for our own information as well as that of the English public, data regarding the mois- 

 ture-content of Canadian creamery butter. W^e have accordingly, at the instance of the 

 Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture, submitted to analysis since June last 

 105 samples of such butter, 75 being collected at the creameries from the butter as ready 

 for the final export package, and 30 from warehouses at Montreal from packages 

 already on their way to the English market. 



Of the 75 samples sent direct from creameries, 6 were from Prince Edward Island, 

 2 from New Brunswick, 15 from Quebec, 26 from Ontario, and 26 from the North-west 

 Territories. With one or two exceptions, they were all manufactured in July or August. 



The results of this investigation, together with an account of the method of sampling 

 and analysis employed, have been published as Bulletin No. 4, New Series, Dairy 

 Division, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. It will, therefore, only be necessary in 



