1G2 
JVotes on a Report of the Kilburn Exhibition 
Another portion of the same milk, after having been skimmed 
in the usual way, contained in 100 parts :■ — • 
Water 89-25 
Butter-fat 1-12 
*Casem 3-69 
Milk-sngar 5-16 
Mineral matter (ash) 0'78 
100-00 
♦Containing nitrogen 0*59 
According to these trials nearly four times as much butter-fat 
was left in ordinary skim-milk as in the skim-milk obtained in 
Laval's cream-separator. 
I may state that in these experiments the percentage of pure 
butter-fat was determined with great care, and the results were 
verified by appropriate checks. 
X. — Notes on a Report presented to the ' Societe des Agri- 
culteurs de France ' by their Deputation to the Kilburn Exhibi- 
tion. By J. D. Dent, of Ribston, Wetherby. 
Those members of our Council who had the pleasure of accom- 
panying the deputations of foreign agriculturists last summer 
to Woburn, Rothamsted, and Windsor were anxious to know 
what impressions of England and her agriculture these gentle- 
men had formed. I have had the good fortune to read the report 
presented by M. Marc de Haut, with the assistance of his col- 
leagues, MM. Julien de Felcourt, Tiersonnier, Vilmorin, and 
Caseneuve, to the Society of French Agriculturists. I propose 
to lay before our Members some comments on the Show and on 
English agriculture made by gentlemen so intelligent and ob- 
servant as these French agriculturists undoubtedly were. The 
Report opens with a graceful recognition of the hospitable wel- 
come which they received from our Society. Our French friends 
acknowledge the " exquisite courtesy " of Lord Vernon, the kind- 
ness of Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Pitman, and the hospitality of the 
Lord Mayor. They were charmed with the " princely domain 
of Woburn," the special train, the twenty-five carriages waiting 
for our polyglot party, preceded by an outrider ' en grande tenue ;' 
the park of 2500 acres, the miles of grass drives, bordered by 
masses of rhododendrons in full flower, the gracious tact of 
their host, who pointed out the historic collections of his house 
with all the wit and finish of a Parisian ; and finally, that 
wondrous ease with which his Grace welcomed his guests in a 
