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stances, which are used in milk as preservatives. The 

 foregoing table shows the results of some work done 

 at the New York experiment station on this point. 



It has been shown at the Wisconsin experiment 

 station that some metals exert a retarding effect on the 

 coagulating action of rennet. As a practical applica- 

 tion, it is pointed out that in rusty milk-cans enough 

 iron may be dissolved by milk that is at all acid to 

 interfere with the rennet coagulation. 



(5) Finely divided, inert matter, like "starch or 

 sawdust, added to milk, hastens the coagulation by 

 rennet. 



(6) The temperature of the milk affects (i) the 

 time of coagulation, and (2) the character of the 

 curd. 



(a) For complete coagulation, the time de- 

 creases when the temperature increases. 



Stated in another way, the coagulation in a given 

 time is most complete at 106 to 108 F. and less 

 complete at temperatures above and below these 

 limits. Fleischmann gives the following figures, 

 indicating the proportion of milk-casein coagulated in 

 the same period of time required to effect complete 

 coagulation at 106 to 108 F. 



Proportion of milk- 

 Temperature casein coagulated 



68 18 per cent 



77 44 per cent 



86 71 per cent 



95 86 per ecnt 



104 98 per cent 



106 100 per cent 



113. 89 per cent 



122 50 per cent 



