484 EXPEHIMENT STATION RECORD. 



750, 7'>1). — Accoimts of the elevench and twelfth exhibitions at Gotheuberg, aiul the 

 twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, imtl twenty-sixth exhibitions at MalnK"). 



The manufacture of good skim milk cheese, N. C. Juel (Malkcrilid., 7 {1S04), 

 -pp. 53ti-n4.J). ■ 



The fat content of centrifugal skim-milk cheese, K. B()U(:ild {MulkcritUl., 7 

 {l.SD4),pi>. 503-505). 



Experiments in cheese-making, H. H. Dean {Ontario A<jh Col. and Ejptl. Farm 

 lipt. ISO.), pp. 147, 14S). — Brief mention of work in this line. 



Traveling dairies. H. H. Dean {Ontario Agl. Col. and Exptl. Farm Ji'pt. IS'J.i, pp. 

 153-159). — An account of the work done in this direction during 1893. 



*' During this year tliere have been 2 dairies on the road. . . . During the time 

 which [one of these] was on the road it traveled some 1,7."')0 miles, held 140 meet- 

 ings, and 1,944 samples of milk were tested. Addresses were given at all these 

 meetings on various dairy topics, hut most stress was laid on the importance of 

 having good cows, projier and abundant feed and water, and the various steps in 

 liaudliug milk until it was put up in a neat, attractive form, rcadj'^ for market, were 

 fully explained. Thousands of " Hints on butter-making'' have been distributed. 

 The work as a whole has heen appreciated by those for -whose benefit it was estab- 

 lished, and no doubt great good will come from it. . . . 



" [With the other] we traveled altogether during the season 2,409 miles, held V^2 

 meetings, delivered the same number of lectures, tested 2,350 samples of milk, of 

 which 202 were buttcTmilk and 51 were skim milk. We churned 3,855 IVjs. of cream 

 whicli made 987 lbs. of butter, or about 3.92 lbs. of cream required to make 1 lb. of 

 butter. ... 



"The whole province has now been covered except the counties of Peel and Hal- 

 ton. Every farmer has had an opportunity of attending one or more of these daily 

 assemblies, as they were so arranged that all might have the advantage of a practical 

 lesson in butter-making, and hear the main points connected with dairying dis- 

 cussed." 



Dairy frauds, H. H. Dean {Ontario Agl. Col. and Expil. Farm Rpt. IS'JS, pp. 171- 

 1~,S), — Two tests of "Chase's Butter Increaser," with 31A^ and 22 lbs. of cream, 

 respectively, showed a slightly smaller yield with than without it, and the same per- 

 centage of fat in the buttermilk. 



Mention is also made of "Thurston's New Butter Process" and " Gastric Soda," 

 for both of which extravagant claims are made, but no tests reported. 



Lactola, an artificial product from skim milk, C. Moufit {English Patent; Jonr. 

 Soc. Chem. Ind., 13 {1804), No, 9, p. S98). — The inventor i)roposes to make up for the 

 deficiency of fat in skim milk hy adding cotton-seed oil. One hundred gallons of 

 skim milk is boiled in a vacuum pan with 50 to 200 lbs. of white sugar until evapo- 

 rated to i or ^ of its bulk and then transferred to another pan, where \S to 2 oz. of 

 refined cotton-seed oil is added, and the whole stirred until thoroughly blended. 

 Tills artificial milk is termed lactola. 



TECHNOLOGY. 



Sugar production in Egypt, F. C. Penfield ( TJ. S. Consular Rpt. 

 18'Jl., Scpi.^ pp. y,8-41). — A ri'sitme of the history of sugar culture iu 

 Egypt, with statistics of tlic industry at present, and remarks on tlie 

 growing' and crushing of the cane and refining and exporting of the 

 sugar. Tables are given sho^ving the gross yields for several years and 

 averages per acre, both of cane and of sugar and molasses obtained. 

 Figures obtained from one of the large factories show an average of 

 18f tons of cane per acre, producing in ISOU 10,0!) per cent of sugar 



