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The Milk-Supply, as usual, occupies the first
place. Many of the Milks are as good as others are
bad, and I have to report, at the lowest, no less than
29 per cent. of adulteration with water. Some of
the milks are, however, of extraordinary excellence,
and some, as Nos. 116, 127, 128, 140, and 147 in
miserable contrast. It may soon become necessary
on account of admixture of Condensed Milk and for
other reasons which I keep to myself, to alter the
character of the analysis ; if so, I shall venture to
call your attention to the subject.
Besides thirty-one Milks, I have analyzed eight
samples of Bread. Only one of these, No. 132,
required a quantitative analysis for alumina ; none,
however, in weighable quantity was met with, so that
the salt employed must have contained the trace
which occasioned the logwood indications. On the
whole, the Breads were remarkably good.
Butters, also eight in number, responded to the
chief tests as to freedom from admixture with certain
fats. The specific gravities, and the melting points,
came within the admitted standards, and so they were
passed. Far greater skill is now employed in the
adulteration of Butter, and certainly many of the