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DIFFERENCE IN QUALITY AND VALUE OF MILK.—Too little attention is 
paid to quality in milk. Much is complained of adulteration, and very justly; but 
little is thought of the adulteration practiced before milking. Dr. Voelcker has 
analyzed six samples of unadulterated milk, and the difference in yield of butter 
ranged 7.62 to 1.79 per cent. ‘The poverty of food accounted for the reduction 
in quality. Attention should be carefully given to selection of cows, not only 
as regards quantity but quality. An example of an English cow is given by the 
Pall Mall Gazette, which for eight consecutive years gave an average of 1,210 
gallons per annum, one year giving 1,230 gallons in 328 days, which yielded 
540 pounds of butter, valued at £27, or $135, at 25 cents per pound. It took 
222 pounds to one of butter. 
ANALYsIs OF Soot.—The following is an analysis of a sample of soot recently 
made in the laboratory of the Chemico-Agricultural Society of Ulster, England. 
Having been stored for some time, it had attracted seven per cent. of moisture ; 
100 parts of it were found to consist of— 
WIGISHBNC = vos cee seis = emiaeies Bina soak oa bieiela Saisie lea slelniowlé eeu sian cele ooels pMiee eee 7.10 
@Warbonaceous matters os .ct ce csc niscaa0 seein ale vinccele ele selm so5eaia/a/aiayalselerere toes een 
MINTIOHA IM ALLGTSE 2c. wae cininio se oc tate cinis ae chara /aloie orm cise omre pate of e acledeeie(e sine ote eee 29.58 
100.00 
The organic matter was capable of yielding three parts of ammonia. The 
mineral matter consisted of— 
RxIde BiON «22.5 hoe oc ok he eae co cnn ian eme anie ae eennet es ae =e eien se aan ata 
DBIUALO OL MMC. — ome Senn ee nike pen nee mem inn ine mee ele Sitelne = oe ee 
Silicaranidedan dep sect oc ate Peto e ates aiata a obese mete emaleie ep tele eto ohare 15.85 parts. 
JNWarlltitay SPIE. 4556 son cob 3559 GnS8e5 Cesess cobs cbstisconbssaceese5e Boos oece 0.39 parts. 
Dr. Hodges stated that the soots from some kinds of coal frequently contained 
as much as seven per cent. of ammonia. 
A conversation took place on the subject. Steam soot was said to be of little 
or no value, and the carbonaceous particles in soot in general averaged from 40 - 
to as much as 80 per cent. 
GrESE.—The breeding and raising of geese can be made a source of consider- 
able profit. It can be made a larger business than is generally supposed prac- 
ticable. Many have proved it remunerative in this country, but none have 
carried it to such an extent as have poultry breeders in Europe. Norfolk, in 
England, is celebrated for its poultry of all kinds. A single operator there, a 
Mr. Bagshaw, last year fattened 12,000 geese for market. The feeding com- 
mences about the middle of November, using barley-meal and brewers’ grains. 
The quantity of food required is about 90 coombs (of four bushels) of barley- 
meal and 60 coombs of grains daily. The manure from such an immense number 
of fowls, fed upon such a description of food, is very valuable, and frequent appli- 
cations for the sale of it are made; but as Mr. Bagshaw holds a farm close by 
his poultry-yard, he prefers to make use of it himself. It takes about six days 
to make preparations for the market, and about 100 dressers are employed in 
the work. During the last Christmas week, no less than from 70 to 80 tons 
weight were sent away from Norwich by rail, the geese averaging in weight 
from nine to 16 pounds. Last year some weighed as much as 22 pounds; but, 
as a rule, the birds were not so fine this year. The feathers realized from the 
lot of 12,000 amounts, in round numbers, to 4,000 pounds; the quills and waste 
feathers being kept separately, and sold by themselves. 
Tue ConsumPTIon or Mussets.—A bushel measure will contain, at a rough 
estimate, 2,000 mussels, and in London only, 50,400 bushels are consumed 
annually for the “million.” “One million quarts, sold in the streets at one penny 
per quart, give a return of £4,000 per annum.” The consumption in Edinburgh 
and Leith is ten bushels per week—in all, 400 bushels per year. But even this 
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