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A certain kind of bacteria, know*!, as bacillus coli communis, produces gas in curd, causing it to assume a sponge-like consistence. When these germs are in the milk, but not in sufficient numbers to noticeably alter the state of tho curd, they often produce gas in cheese, making it swell and burst open. The gas also discolours the cheese, besides spoiling its flavour and shape. These germs exist in the intestines ofa 11 animals, and abundantly in cow dang, and it is from this latter fotsne that tie germs enter the, milk..

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15518, 28 January 1914, Page 11

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Page 11 Advertisements Column 3 New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15518, 28 January 1914, Page 11

Page 11 Advertisements Column 3 New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15518, 28 January 1914, Page 11