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GENERAL AGRICULTURAL NOTES. 



[March 1893. 



keep fresh for a considerable period, and that even at the hottest 

 period of the year it could be sent easily from Denmark to 

 Enofland and be sokl as fresh milk in London a fortnisjht after it 

 had been drawn from the cows. 



In the autumn of 1893 a company was formed, with branches 

 in Denmark and Sweden, for the exportation, principally to 

 England, of milk frozen by M. Casse's process. The bulk of the 

 frozen milk received in this country during 1894-95 came from 

 Sweden. The method in which the trade was conducted has 

 been described in the " Ugeshrift " as follows : — 



" The milk leaves (xothenburg on Thursday and arrives at London on 

 Saturday. On the Monday morning it is delivered from the ship and 

 is taken to an establishment, four miles off, where it is distributed for 

 sale. Every day in the week one -seventh of the number of barrels are 

 emptied. Over each barrel is placed a melting apparatus into which 

 the frozen milk, then about one-sixth of tlie whole bulk, is packed and 

 melted by means of hot water, so that the milk when thawed runs 

 down into the barrel. The milk is then well stirred before the tapping 

 takes place. The empty barrels are returned to Gothenburg by the 

 next steamer. They are cleaned by hot lime-water, and also with 

 steam, in a special manner. 



" In the cold weather, the barrels of milk are sent to Gothenburg in 

 open railway cars covered with a tarpaulin. In autumn and spring, 

 there is a cover of sawdust under and over the barrels, while in both 

 winter and summer, when conveyed by sea they are placed on sawdust, 

 and also surrounded by it and covered with tarpaulins on which saw- 

 dust is spread. 



The following statement shows the quantities and values of 

 fresh milk and cream imported into the United Kingdom in each 

 month from January 1894 to December 1895, and the totals for 

 each half year of 1894 and 1895 :— 





Quantity. 



Value. 



Mouths. 





















1894. 



1895. 



1894. 



1895. 



January _ .. _ 

 February _ _ - 

 March - - - - 

 April - - - - 

 May - - - - 

 June - - - - 

 July - - - - 

 August - - - - 

 September . - - 

 October- _ _ - 

 November - 

 December - „ _ 



Gallons. 

 43,263 

 15,107 

 8,090 

 1,409 

 940 

 231 

 3,569 

 7,801 

 11,257 

 18,308 

 20,460 

 31,198 



Gallons. 

 45,007 

 41,246 

 21,686 

 5,749 

 2,771 

 894 

 2,585 

 1,433 

 1,000 

 1,094 

 1,450 

 2,080 



1,912 

 766 



565 

 421 

 122 

 25 

 896 

 1,864 

 2,691 

 3,839 

 3,834 

 4,436 



& 

 6,224 

 5,699 

 3,888 

 1,369 

 542 

 188 

 705 

 296 

 222 

 213 

 206 

 439 



Half years : — 



January to June 

 July to December 



69,040 

 92,593 



117,353 

 9,642 



3,811 

 17,560 



17,910 

 2,081 



The year - 



161,633 



126,995 



21,371 



19,991 



