Does Lightning Turn Milk Sour?
The unusual number of thunderstorms In many butter-maklug countries last summer should have been accompanied by a large amount c,r soui- mi:k. it lU s affec lug our siiDplH's i,f butter, but there has been no complaint mi the part of the rarmers so far as reports show, it is certainly true that mill- is fi-eiincntly fuund sour after a severe thunrlerstoriu, uliscrvts "Si-loiirc Stftluge," bur us soon as we endeavour to verify the claim by the aciual trial or sweet milk by electrical discharges, we lind that the electricity Tails to work and the mill; remains sweet, for electricity In the form of aparks discharged indefinitely over the surface ot milk fails to show any effect m producing acid or souring the ,n:lk. IVrhaps the turning of liie milk can hi- accouulc-d tor by ttie sudden change In the atmosphere which generally precedes a storm.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 254, 31 October 1906, Page 9
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151Does Lightning Turn Milk Sour? Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 254, 31 October 1906, Page 9
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