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PARLIAMENTARY PUBLICATIONS. 



Board of Agriculture. — Report on the Results of Investigations 

 into Cheddar Cheese-?naking. [C. 9374.] Price is. yd. 



This volume is a special report prepared by Mr. F. J. Lloyd,. 

 F.C.S., F.I.C., relating to the results of a series of investiga- 

 tions into the various processes connected with the manu- 

 facture of Cheddar cheese. These investigations were under- 

 taken by the Bath and West and Southern Counties Society 

 at the suggestion of the Board of Agriculture, and extended 

 over a period of eight years. 



After briefly reviewing the various systems of making- 

 Cheddar cheese, Mr. Lloyd furnishes a detailed account of 

 the methods of investigation adopted by him, and of the 

 results of his researches. The subjects of inquiry included^ 

 inter alia, the variations in quality of milk from cows feeding 

 in different pastures ; the causes of defects in cheese-making 

 arising from the quality of the milk, changes in temperature 

 etc. ; and the effect of temperature on. the ripening of cheese 

 An important chapter, dealing with the bacteriological 

 aspects of the investigations, contains observations on the 

 use of pure cultures as starters in cheese-making, and on 

 certain bacteria which are the exciting agents of various 

 taints in cheese. The report concludes with some remarks 

 on the conditions essential to the manufacture of Cheddar 

 cheese of high quality. 



Board of Agriculture Annual Report on the Distribution of 

 Grants for Agricultural Education and Research in the year 1898- 

 99 [C. — 9431]. Price %\d. 



The total amount distributed by the Board in Grants for 

 Agricultural Education and Research in the year 1898-99 

 amounted to £7,350, exclusive of expenditure incurred in the 



