New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 53 
Considered both as a means of preventing the return of a con- 
siderable number of Bacillus rudensis to the farms and as a 
means of holding the whey sweet and in first-class condition for 
feeding, the heating of the whey to 160° F. is desirable. Unfor- 
tunately in our attempts thus far we have been compelled to stop 
the heating because of the leaking of the vat before we had a 
chance to make a fair test of its effect upon the spread of the 
trouble. 
