CLARIFICATION OF MILK. 



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Table XX^'III. — Leucocytes per Cubic Centimeter in Certified Milk before 

 and after Clarification — Concluded. 



Sample No. 



Cow. 



Before. 



After. 



Per Cent. 

 Reduction. 



10, 

 11, 

 12, 

 13, 

 14, 

 15, 

 16, 

 17, 

 18. 

 19, 

 20, 

 21, 

 22, 

 23, 

 24, 

 25, 



77 



33 



62 

 146 



56 



77 



24 



33 



62 

 146 



77 



56 



24 



62 

 62 and 33 

 62 and 33 



163,000 



260,000 



150,000" 



81,000 



340,000 



31,000 



97,000 



520,000 



80,000 



55,000 



21,000 



364,000 



260,000 



200,000 



370,000 



200,000 



21,000 

 21,000 

 13,000 

 17,000 

 35,000 

 13,000 

 17,000 

 190,000 

 26,000 

 13,000 

 7,000 

 39,000 

 26,000 

 25,000 

 52,000 

 20,000 



Table XXIX. — Leucocytes per Cubic Centimeter in Commercial Milk 

 before and after Clarification. 



Sample No. 



Before. 



After. 



Per Cent. 

 Reduction. 



1, 

 2, 

 3, 



4, 

 5, 

 6, 



250,000 

 230,000 

 130,000 

 200,000 

 290,000 

 400,000 



65,000 

 30,000 

 12,000 

 20,000 

 50,000 

 30,000 



The tables furnish an understanding of the leucocytic situation in 

 clarification. If nothing else is to be attributed to the ejection of cellular 

 elements, it can be safely said that the clarifier does perform its function 

 very satisfactorily in removing normal corpuscular elements, and, farther, 

 should there be accumulations or aggregations due to inflammatory 

 conditions, it doubtless eliminates every particle of this heavier suspended 

 mass, inasmuch as the surface is reduced and its power to remain sus- 

 pended long in the milk destroyed. What is gained by this act is to be 



