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Rice Meal for Pigs. 



viously. Cheese cured at 70 degs. lost one-half per cent, 

 more in weight in one month than cheese cured at 60 degs. 

 It is estimated that a factory making half a ton of cheese per 

 day would lose five pounds more in curing at 70 degs. than 

 at 60 degs., which during a season would amount to a loss of 

 about £20 in shrinkage alone. 



Experiments were also made in keeping new-made cheese 

 at a high temperature for a week, and then placing it in 

 cool rooms. Although advocated by some authorities, no 

 advantage was found to result from this method of handling. 



The experiments at the New York Station show 

 very conclusively that low temperatures for curing give a 

 much better and more uniform cheese. In. 1899 four curing 

 rooms were used, with temperatures of 55 degs., 60 degs., 

 65 degs., and 70 degs. respectively. The rooms were 

 arranged so that the temperatures could be kept uniform 

 automatically, while cloths kept continuously wet were 

 suspended in the rooms so that the percentage of moisture 

 would remain fairly constant. The cheeses cured at the lower 

 temperatures proved the best, both as regards flavour and 

 texture. 



These experiments were repeated in 1900 with practically 

 the same results. 



At the Iowa Station it was also found that the best cheese 

 was produced, and excessive losses prevented, by curing at 

 a low temperature, and with a proper degree of moisture to 

 prevent undue evaporation. 



[United States Dep. of Agr. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 144.] 



Feeding Rice Meal to Pigs. 



The South Carolina Experiment Station recently reported 

 a test on the comparative value of rice-meal and maize-meal 

 for pigs. The rice-meal used is described as the total by- 

 product obtained in cleaning the rice grains for the market. 

 It contained about the same amount of protein, fat and 

 carbohydrates as maize-meal. The test was made with two 

 lots of three pigs each, about five months old at the begin- 

 ning of the trial. The grain was mixed with skim milk in the 



