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two weeks did not appear in cheese stored directly it was made ; 

 and in the same way where cheese was allowed to develop too 

 much acid, it was evident that the quicker the cheese was 

 placed in storage and the lower the temperature the better the 

 result. 



Effect of Cold Storage on IVelg/it.— Another series of experi- 

 ments dealt with the question of how different temperatures affect 

 the weight and quality of cheese stored for considerable periods. 

 It was shown that the storage of cheese at a temperature near 

 freezing point greatly reduces the loss due to shrinkage in weight 

 as compared with that which occurs at higher temperatures, 

 that such loss is still further prevented by covering cheese with 

 paraffin wax, and that the combination of these two conditions 

 reduces the shrinkage to a minimum. 



The use of Sussex Ground Oats, both for rearing and fattening 

 poultry, has been one of the chief factors in the successful 

 poultry production of the South-East, and 



districts. Millers in various parts of Great Britain and Ireland 

 have endeavoured, more or less successfully, to meet the require- 

 ments ; and, whereas the trade was formerly practically a 

 monopoly in the hands of the small millers scattered throughout 

 East Sussex and parts of Kent, several large millers have 

 recently set up the requisite plant, and by the use of steam 

 have considerably added to the previous limited and irregular 

 output of the wind and water mills. 



The use of millstones is, however, just as necessary as of yore 

 for the production of genuine Sussex Ground Oats, which are, 

 in fact, good heavy oats, entirely ground, including the husk, 

 to a meal almost as smooth and fine in texture as ordinary flour. 

 Oatmeal is a different preparation, and is unsuitable for the 

 purpose ; and the so-called " ground oats," frequently used 

 in ignorance by poultry-keepers (other than those of the 

 South-East), are of a coarser texture, and would be described 

 by the professional fattener as too *'hucky." Sussex poultry- 

 men are very particular that their ground oats shall be free from 



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 Ground Oats. 



has produced a considerable demand for 

 this material not only here but in other 



