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The Determinations of Others. — Bahlman^ says the weight of material 

 deposited in the clarifier from 725 gallons of milk was 2\ pounds. As an 

 average, then, 1 gallon of milk yielded 1.6 grams of moist sludge (.044 per 

 cent.) equivalent to .6 gram (.01 per cent.) of dried material. 



In his "Studies on the Clarification of Milk," Hammer^ gives the follow- 

 ing amounts of slime secured from different lots of milk: ■ — 



Table II. — Amounts of Slime obtained from Different Lois of Milk 

 {Hammer). 



There has been contributed to this theme the experience of Mcln- 

 erney:^ — 



Table III. — Amount of Slime obtained from Different Quantities of Milk 

 {Mclnerney). 



» Bahlman, Clarence: Milk Clarifiers. Am. Jour, of PubUc Health, 1916, Vol. VI, No. 8, p. 856. 



> Hammer, B. W.: Agricultural Experiment Station, Iowa State College of Agriculture and 

 Mechanic Arts. Research Bulletin No. 28, January, 1916. 



» This appears to be moist sUme measured in cubic centimeters. 



* Mclnerney, T. J.: Clarification of Milk. Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion. Bulletin No. 389, April, 1917, p. 496. 



