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regulate the quantities of this nitrogen in such liquids. This se- 

 cond part of Mr. Brown's work which begins in the April number 

 will continue. The Author investigates the relation between the 

 initial amount of nitrogen existing in the barley and the quantity 

 of assimilable nitrogen found in the wort; the variations caused 

 by the different treatment of the grain during the process of mal- 

 ting; the production of soluble nitrogen in English malts compared 

 with that of foreign malts; the effects of temperature, of the dura- 

 tion of the process of brewing and of watering. 



THOS Me Row. Cider and Perry at the Gloucester Show 1909. 



Journal of the R. Agric. Soc. of England, Vol. 70, 1909, 

 pp. 163-192. 



The judges in presenting their report, state that the exhibits 

 as a whole showed a vast improvement in quality and get-up, and 

 that there was a general advancement as regards purity. There 

 were, however, still too many exceptions. Saccharine had been 

 used to sweeten some exhibits and in others analysis showed the 

 presence of preservatives. Some were either too sweet or too acid 

 and a few not sufficiently fermented. A great number of the 

 exhibits were very fine and some decidedly superb. 



The following are the results of the chemical analyses of the 

 samples gaining first prizes: 



