REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



121 



Ronrces. As a mean of fourteen analyses of mare's milk kumys, Koenig* 

 gives the following figures, viz : 



Alcohol 



Lactic acid 



Milk-sugar 



Albmniiioids .... 



Fat 



Ash 



CarboDic dioxide 



Per cent 



1.84 



.91 



1.24 



1.97 



1.26 



.30 



.952 



The mean of two samples of kumys, made of cow's milk, is given by 

 the same author, as follows : 



Alcohol 



Lactic acid ... 

 Milk-sugar ... 

 Albuminoids . 



Ash 



Carbonic acid 



Per cent 



2.64 

 .80 



3.10 



2.02 

 .45 



1.03 



In nine analyses of kumy8,t probably made of cow's milk, the means 

 are as follows : 



Alcohol 



Lactic acid 



Sugar 



Albuminoids .... 



Fat 



Ash 



Carbonic dioxide 



Per cent 



L38 

 .82 

 3.95 

 2.89 

 .88 

 .53 

 .77 



Interesting analyses of kumys, prepared from mare's milk, have also 

 been made by Dr. P. Yieth.t 



The mares' from which the milk was taken were on exhibition at the 

 London International Exposition for 1884. These animals were obtained 

 from the Steppes of Southeastern Eussia. The mares were from five to 

 six years old and were cared for and milked by natives of the country 

 from which they were taken. 



When milked five times daily the best of these mares gave from 4 to 

 5 liters of milk. It is to be regretted that the milk-sugar, the most im- 

 portant ingredient of milk in respect of kumys manufacture, was esti- 

 mated by difference. Eleven analyses of the mixed milk gave the fol- 

 lowing numbers : 



* Koenig, Nahningsmittel, p. 68. 



tOp. oit.,p.68. 



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