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in these corpuscular elements there may exist what may be called nutri- 

 tional activators, or bodies which in very small quantities are essential to 

 body maintenance. 



Cheviical Analyses of Clarifier Slime. 



Analysis by Bahlman. * 



Per Cent. 



Protein (nitrogen X 6.38), 67.9 



Fat, 3.4 



Milk sugar, . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.8 



Crude fiber 2.2 



Silica 3.8 



Oxide of iron, ............. .5 



Oxide of alumina, ............ .6 



Calcium phosphate, . . . . . . . . . . .3.6 



Potassium phosphate, . . . . . . . . . .6.2 



Sodium and potassium chloride, .......... .1 



96.1 

 Undetermined, . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.9 



100.0 



Anahjsis by Mclncrney. ' 



Analysis by North. 



Per Cent. 



Total solids, 30 



Fat ,3 



Ash 3 



Nitrogenous organic compounds, .......... 24 



I Bahlman, Clarence: Milk Clarifiers. Am. Jour. Pub. Health, 1916, Vol. VI, No. 8, 

 pp. 8.55, 856. 



« Mclnerney, T. J.: Clarification of Milk, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Bulletin No. 389, April, 1917, p. 499. 



' North, Charles E.: The Creamery and Milk Plant Monthly, Vol. II, No. 1, p. 19. 



