Am.  Jour.  Pharin. 
Feb.,  1S94. 
A  merican  Milk- Sugar. 
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placed  within  the  reach  of  man  to  supply  his  wants  and  to  furnish 
his  luxuries.  No  country  can  equal  America  in  the  extent  of  fertile 
agricultural  area,  or  in  the  immensity  of  its  dairy  products.  How 
much  of  the  latter  has  heretofore  been  consigned  to  waste,  one  can 
almost  calculate  when  the  amount  of  the  output  of  milk-sugar  of  the 
numerous  plants  now  engaged  in  this  manufacturing  industry  is 
estimated,  and  this  branch  of  enterprise  is  but  yet  in  its  incipiency ! 
There  are,  however,  other  facts  in  this  connection  upon  which  the 
American  student  of  pharmacy  and  chemistry  may  reflect  with 
some  degree  of  profit ;  one  of  which  is,  as  these  enterprises  become 
new  in  this  country,  are  conceived  and  put  into  execution,  a  diffi- 
culty is  invariably  met  with  at  the  outset.  This  consists  in  the 
want  of  expert  knowledge,  and  of  experience  in  the  lines  under 
experiment  and  investigation.  As  a  consequence,  it  becomes  neces- 
sary for  success  to  fall  back  as  well  as  rely  upon  foreign  skill  and 
talent  to  achieve  the  needed  results.  This  is  evidenced  in  the 
many  industrial  establishments  of  our  country,  where  the  science 
of  the  chemist  and  the  art  of  the  pharmacist  are  ever  in  requisition. 
Now,  whilst  pharmacy  may  and  does  constitute  a  distinct  branch  of 
science,  it  nevertheless  reaches  out  in  many  collateral  directions — 
and  all  these  may  be  pursued  even  whilst  pharmacy  is  sustained  as 
a  chief  occupation.  If  there  is  a  plethora  of  pharmacists  there, 
never  a  plethora  of  practical  knowledge  in  those  branches  of  science 
which  are  so  closely  interwoven  with  and  allied  to  the  pharmaceutic 
art.  Therefore,  it  seems  well  to  direct  the  attention  of  the  younger 
aspirants  to  these  avenues  of  employment  and  remuneration  and 
to  stimulate  those  who  are  about  to  pursue  their  favorite  study 
and  to  turn  their  thoughts  and  time  to  a  more  diversified  study 
of  the  directions  which  surround  them.  This  is  urged  to  the  end 
that  pharmacy  may  not  only  be  usefully  advanced  in  its  sphere,  but 
that  its  votaries  may  gain  eminence  and  fame  in  the  direction  of 
knowledge  applied  to  art,  and  above  all,  that  to  the  beginner  it 
may  be  viewed  as  an  open  door,  through  which  they  may  success- 
fully enter  the  arena  of  more  diversified  pursuit. 
December  19,  i8gj. 
