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of the position of the question at that time, be compared 

 with the present summary, it will also be seen that a con- 

 siderable advance has, in fact, been made since then. 



4. DISTILLERIES AND YEAST FACTORIES. 



It is well known that the production of spirits and of 

 pressed yeast is carried on in the same factory, and that 

 sometimes the one and sometimes the other is the main 

 product aimed at, and on this account I have made no 

 distinction between distilleries and yeast factories. The pure 

 yeast propagating apparatus is employed in the following : 



EUROPE. 

 Denmark. Germany. 



De danske Spritfabriker, Fre- 



dericia 



Goteborg Jast Co., Goteborg 



Presshefe - Fabrik des Vereins 

 der Spiritus - Fabrikanten in 

 Deutschland, Berlin 



Sweden - Russia. 



*Haase, Pensa 



AMERICA. 

 P. Varando & Co., Buenos Ayres 



ASIA. 

 Ynchausti & Co., Manila | Parry & Co., Madras 



It is only in recent years that the new system has been 

 introduced in these manufactures. In the distillery and yeast 

 factory Handbjerg, in Jutland, a pure cultivated yeast obtained 

 from Jorgensen's laboratory has, according to the owner, 

 Mr. Ebbensgaard, long been employed with success (1892). 

 The company " De danske Spritfabriker," was, however, the 

 first to introduce the propagating apparatus, and, in fact, to 

 systematically adopt pure yeast culture. The director of 

 the company, Mr. Olesen, and Inspector Bischoff, to whom 



