390 DEMAND. FOR. CATTLE IN RUSSIA. 
The conditions necessary for the thorough pasteurisation 
of milk and cream for direct consumption 
Viscosity of were first worked out for the United 
Cream. States at the Wisconsin Experiment 
| Station by the development of suitable 
apparatus for the intermittent treatment of milk and, cream. 
This. permitted a_ satisfactory _ pasteurisation from the 
hygienic standpoint, and set the standard for American 
conditions. The viscosity of cream is materially lessened 
when treated by heat during pasteurisation, and the result is 
a thin cream unsatisfactory to the user. It was shown that 
this viscosity can be restored by the addition of a minute 
quantity of sucrate of lime. 
Her Majesty’s Consul General at Odessa is of opinion that 
the importation of thoroughbred animals 
Honoree ware of all kinds into Russia would be os 
in Russia. to receive encouragement from the Russian - 
: Government, and that high officials in the 
various public departments concerned would turther the 
enterprise in order to help to raise the standard of native 
cattle. The Imperial Agricultural Society of Moscow 
endeavours to teach farmers the necessity of improving their 
stock, and exhibitions are held in various parts of the 
Russian Empire. The auctions which take place at these 
exhibitions would appear to offer good opportunities for the 
profitable sale of improved pedigree cattle, and [English 
stock is held in high estimation in Russia. | | | 
[ For etgn Office Report, Annual Series, No. 2,522. Price 7d.| 
ECDL to the New York Yournal of Commerce of 2nd 
October last the Government of Chile has 
Agricultural = set aside the sum of £4,000 for the Presi- 
Machinery for : 
Chile. *« dent of the National Society of Agri- 
culture for the purchase in foreign 
narkets of agricultural machinery, and its sale at cost price 
