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Another cheese, about 21b. in weight, was then made on 

 the method of the original cheese more closely. Xo lactic acid 

 starter was used, and the curd was not scalded above 88°F. 

 The pure culture of the pink yeast in whey was added as usual. 

 The curd was put up loosely, and only very light pressure was 

 applied. 



Spots of pink very soon appeared on the outside of the cheese 

 just under the muslin in which it was covered, and were found 

 to contain the yeast cells. 



The colour on the coat spread gradually, and turned to a 

 rusty tint. When the cheese was cut at about a month old, the 

 pink colour developed slowly over the cut surface, following the 

 veins and cracks between pieces of curd as in the original 

 sample. 



The consistency of the cheese was spongv. open, and not of 

 a satisfactory character from a cheese-maker's point of view, 

 and in this it resembled the original cheeses. 



Xo positive conclusions can be drawn from the experiment, 

 but it would seem that the coloration was due to the veast. 

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A very good case can be made out for the cultivation of 

 tobacco on English soil. Recent research and experiment has 

 Tobacco Growing shown that tobacco cultivation is worth 

 in England. devel opmg. It is said that if 1,000 acres 

 of British soil, unsuitable for the pro- 

 duction of wheat, were put under tobacco, the industry would 

 provide profitable employment for 200 families during at least 

 eight months of the year, and would benefit both employer 

 and employee. 



Tobacco-growing in this country was begun soon after the 

 plant was first brought from America. It was introduced from 

 Florida, probably in 1565, by Sir John Hawkins, although 

 this gift to the eastern hemisphere is more usually 

 associated with the name of Sir Walter Raleigh. To him its 

 introduction is attributed by Edmund Howes, the chronicler, 

 who says that " Sir Walter Raleigh was the first that brought 

 tobacco into use when all men wondered what it meant." 

 According to John Worledge in his " Systema Agricultural " of 

 1G75, there were plantations of many hundreds of acres of 

 tobacco in Gloucestershire, Devonshire, Somersetshire and 

 Oxfordshire. Worledge describes the processes of growing and 

 preparation. " The young plants," he says, " are raised from 

 seed in February or March on a hot bed, and then planted out 



