4 72 THJb GARDEN AND FIELD. 



uei.Grhbouriiif^ streams. The chem- 

 ist stepped in and changed all that. 

 The milk is curdled with alkali, 

 and a dried product produced 

 which is soluble in water. This 

 casein has been used for paper- 

 sizinjj, kalsomdning, etc., end suc- 

 cessful experiments have been made 

 with it in the manufacture of arti- 

 ficial foods. • Moistened witli w'ater 

 to a gelatinous consistency, put 

 imder a hydraulic press, and then 

 washed in acid, it forms a hard 

 and insoluble substance, of which 

 buttons and similar articles are 

 made. Chemists say that the 

 casein powder, which is like a fine 

 tasteless flour, may be substituted 

 for milk in cooking, and has a 

 great future in this respect. 



Chemistry applied to the stis^ar 

 industry has been invaluable and, 

 particularly in connection with the 

 beet-suijar manufacture, has re- 

 cently effected a wonderful savinj^. 

 The waste in the making of beet 

 sugar was at first enormous, be- 

 cause the molasses was absolute 

 'waste. It contains products from 

 the beet-roots which give it a very 

 bitter taste, and is also rich in an 

 alkali which spoils its flavour. So, 

 although more than one-half of the 

 weight of the molasses was sup-ar, 

 it was unavailable save for fer- 



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mentation and alcohol. Experiment 

 proved that dr}^ lime, mixed with 

 the molasses, combined with the 

 sugar, forming a prodiict insoluble 

 in water. Washing the molasses 

 woidd then separate tliis product 

 from all the other cl(5ments. The 

 lime and sun-ar product being heat- 

 ed with carbonic acid, the lime 

 combined with the carbon, forming 

 an insoluble product, and leaving 

 the sugar free to be easily separ- 

 ated. By this process to-day yo 

 per cent, of the sugar is recovered 

 from beet molasses, and there is 

 practically no molasses in the 

 beet sugar factories. 



The glucose manufacturers have 

 called in chemists, and found a 

 new source of profit. The corn 

 grain has, in 'addition to its starch 

 product, a tiny germ in which lies 

 its life principle. This germ was 

 formerly crushed with the starch 

 and then separated and thrown 

 aside as waste. Of late it 

 has been shown that this ?erm 

 is rich in oil which can be utilised. 

 The germ is now separated from 

 the starch and crushed. The oil 

 gathered finds a ready market and 

 within the last five years millions 

 of dollars' worth of this oil has 

 been exported to Europe, where all 

 corn products are in great demanrl. 

 After the oil is taken from the 

 gertn the gluten left in the cake is 

 used for varnish, and the residue is 

 used for cattle food. The corn stalk 

 also is ground and used for cattle 

 food, but first the pith of the stalk 

 is extracted and used for the 

 linine of vessels, the theory being 

 that if a fissure occurs in the 

 framework of the vessel the pith 

 lining becoming wet, will swell 

 and to some extent close the fis- 

 sure. 



The cottonseed oil industry has 

 eliminated its waste almost en- 

 tirely although twenty years ago 

 every part of the cottonseed save 

 the oil was waste product. In the 

 cotton.seed oil factory now, the 

 seed is collected after coming 

 through the 'cotton gin, and is first 

 stripped of its lint, which is used 

 in the manufacture of certain kinds 

 of paper, felts, etc. Next the shell 

 of the seed is removed and either 

 ground for cattle food or used for 

 fuel. In the latter case the ashes 

 are .collected for potash. The ker- 

 nel of the seed is ground and 

 pressed to extract the oil, and the 

 residue is used for cattle food. The 

 oil in process of refining (rives off a 

 waste which, enters into soap mak- 

 ing, and the mal<ing of oleomaga- 

 rine. 



Wlien steel is melted in a Bes- 

 scm.er converter the phosphorus. 



March, 1914 



which used to be a nuisance, is 

 separated from the steel by the 

 introduction of lime, with which 

 it readily combines. Ths phos- 

 phorus is then used as a fertiliser. 

 — Scientific American. 



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Lime for the Soil. 



I/ime for agricultural purposes 

 may be air-slaked before use, but 

 another method is to take freshly- 

 burnt stone lime, empty it out of 

 the bags in a suitable place in a 

 heap, and use a watering can to 

 slake it immediately before' use. 

 About I ton to the acre is used. 

 Oudcklime is' only used when the 

 soil is strongly acid, or is render- 

 ed so by the turning under of 

 heavT green crops for green man- 

 ure or prickly pear. It can be 

 used also for lightening heavy clay 

 soils, at the rate of from lo to is 

 cwt. i>er acre. — Queensland Agricul- 

 tural Journal. 



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 the same bulk would represent 4 

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