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Somerset House. As the result of a duplicate analysis,
this Milk, No. 23, had yielded 1.18 percent. of fat on
the first analysis commenced within a half an hour,
and 1.37 percent. of fat in the same sample on the
second day. I mention this to shew the rapid changes
which certain Milks may undergo. The mean of the
two analyses gives us the result of skimming to the
extent of about 50 percent.
In the analysis of the Milk at Somerset House,
after three weeks, the amount was stated as 1.89 percent.
instead of 1.37 as I had found, and the
certificate stated that the Milk had undergone an
abstraction of at least one-sixth of its cream. The
difference between myself and Somerset House was so
considerable, that the magistrate adjourned the case for
my attendance. It was only necessary for me to state
certain facts, in order to explain the apparent discrepancies.
If I had found as much fat as was discovered
at Somerset House, the Milk, judging from the total
solids, must have been watered to the extent of 5 per
cent., whereas it was quite up to the standard of the
Public Analysts. But setting this argument aside, it
will be at once perceived that the standard assumed by
Somerset House is lower than that accepted by the
Society of Analysts. Whereas, upon abundant evi.