Butter Moisture-Tests. 



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Table II gives the results of 23 tests in which the Cornell method was 

 compared with the chemical gravimetric method. 



Table II. — Comparison of Results from the Chemical Gravimetric and 



THE Cornell Methods 



♦Average variation. 



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The advantages of the Cornell moisture-test may be summed up as 

 follows: 



1. The test is simple and very easy to operate. 



2. The results compare well with the gravimetric method. Sec 

 Table II. 



3. The apparatus is reasonably cheap. 



4. The apparatus is durable. 



5. The scale can be used for work in the Babcock test. 



♦A part of these determinations were made by Mr. W. W. Fisk, a Senior in the College of Agricul- 

 ture- 



