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Effect of Thunder-storms on Souring of Milk. — It is a common 

 impression thai thumler-storms hasten the souring of milk. This 

 was atlributcd to tlie electricity in the air acccjmpanying the 

 storm. IOxi)crimeiits 1)\' se\'erul investigators have proved 

 that elc( tricit\' docs not haA'c any effect on hastening the fer- 

 mentatiA'c changes of milk. I'he reason why milk sours more 

 quickl}- wlien an electrical storm is approaching is that the air 

 temperature is usuall}' higher then than at any other time. This 

 higher temperature warms the milk and creates more favorable 

 conditions for the rapid multiplication of the germs present in the 

 milk. It is for this reason that milk sours more quickly during or 

 pre\'ious to a thunrler storm than at any other time. 



