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A simple method of determining the percentage of water in 



butter is to heat a known weight of the butter in a small saucer- 



shaped vessel over a small spirit or gas 

 Simple . 



Butter Test. lamp for a few minutes, with constant 

 stirring, until no more steam is observed 

 to arise from it. After being allowed to cool, the butter is then 

 weighed again, and the loss of weight shown gives the amount 

 of water which was in the butter. This method only requires a 

 pair of scales with weights — a cheap apothecary's set is enough 

 — in addition to the lamp and vessel. It is practised in the 

 Cork and Limerick markets, and is quite accurate enough for 

 practical purposes. 



The Board have received information through the Foreign 

 Office that several agricultural societies in Poland have 

 decided to obtain certain seeds from 

 Seeds for abroad. As the result of enquiries, H.M. 

 Poland. Consul-General at Warsaw reports that the 



only British seeds for which there would 

 be a market in Poland are rape, turnip, peas, and clover — 

 a certain quantity of which are already supplied by British 

 firms. 



The Board have received information through the Foreign 

 Office that an International Fine Art and Horticultural 

 Exhibition will be held at Dlisseldorf 

 from the 1st May to the 25th October, 

 1904. Several periodical horticultural 

 shows will take place during the summer, 

 and the Exhibition will include all 

 horticultural industry. The Exhibition 

 authorities pay the expenses of ordinary railway and boat 

 freight. Forms containing the necessary particulars may be 

 obtained from the Committee at Diisseldorl. 



International 

 Horticultural 



Exhibition 

 at Diisseldorf. 



branches of the 



