MILK MADE INTO POWDER.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 45, 10 June 1903, Page 7

MILK MADE INTO POWDER.

Recent iKvenMon of Which Swedish. Manufacturers Are Preparing to Take Advantage. An important movement appears to " be'scn foot in Sweden for the conversion of skimmed or separated milk into a dry powder, by means of a machine called an "exsiccator," invented by Dr. Martin. Ekenberg. The price of one of these machines to evaporate 528" gallons of milk in ten hours is stated somewhat vaguely to be from £220 to £280, says the London Standard. .It was recently reported that ten sets of apparatus were being erected in Swedish dairy 'facto- ! ries and that inquiries about the machine from butter makers" in Sweden and foreign countries were numerous. The powder, when dissolved in a proper quantity of water of the right temperature, resumes the appearance ' and other characteristics of milk. As the annual output of separated and skimmed milk in Sweden is estimated at over 158,000,000 gallons, the supply of the powder from that country alone, if it proves a commercinl success, will be very large, and in all other countries where butter is extensively produced the difficulty of finding a profitable vre for this product is felt, as the return for it when it is used as food for calves or pigs is r mall. Although separated milk is almost devoid of fat, its alimec'ary value is considerable, and, in the form of powder, a large quantity of it can be transported in a small compass. It is stated that the powder will keep good for an indefinitely long period.