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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11702, 19 June 1901, Page 2

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Onited Press Association — By Klectric.^. • * - - rr popyri§ht^ } «'- - Received June 1.9,,.!f32 a.ni. Lond6nt, : June' 18.-^Tin : Spot, £l 29 r llß 6d ; three months, £124 18s. !.' ■ n - ! • * Wheat,: -A"t r Mark Lan;© is sixpence lowjer eln,tfici.[wfgk.e I n,tfici.[wfgk. ' [

United Press Association— By Electric Teleerranh.-^Copvrisrht. j i\ . A Received Jjune 19,. 946 a.ffl. ,J ' SYDNEy,- June J.9.—^Wheat chick], prime, 2s'sd tb*2s &d\ milling, 2s 7d to|2s 7Jd; ! fiour, £5.158,t0 £6 ss;J\latiitoba, £10 10s to £11; oats, |New Zealand, prime feedring, -2s; meditnij, Is 9d tOj Is lpd^xAHUing,: '2s.;vbarleyj feeding, Is lOd to fstfid', seed, 2s to'^fc 3d; maize,) prime 1 , 2s 4d; bran, BJdi-poHard, BJd; : peas, Prussian blue, 4s 3d; potatoes, Circular; Heads, £410sto£4 1 5s ;j. onions,i New {Zealand prinie, f 9'ss; l VictoHaV ll ss^ butter, dairy, Is; creamery, Is 2d; cheese, New Zealand, 5d to 6d; bacon, 6Jd to |Bjd. The above quotations are thode rilling between merchant and retailer, and do not represent slightly lower values -pj£ timed by recognised^ brokers. ! Melbourne. June 19. — Wheat, 2s t« good, Is lldiitf 2s; maUe. 2s 3id; barley, malting, 2s 4d toj3s''2d. xr ' . A"t»ELAiDE, Juae 19.— Wheat, 2s 9d; flour,- £6 5s to £6 7s 6d; Of ts, Algerian, Is 9d to '25.; white, 2s 3d to 2s'9d;brafl and pnllard, lUd. ; '

A German chemist, Siebald, has' prepared, from the waste milk separated at creameries, a n«w substance -called plasmon. After "ill the oream jhas been removed, the separated milk is treated so as to coagulate all itsproteids, the coagulated mass is kneaded and driedjat a high temperature under carbonic acid gasj-and is then ground into a soluble powder. In this final state it is a portable concentrated nutrient, one ounce, o£ {which is" equal to three and a 'quarfer pounds of the finest beefsteak. Ite value, in war is obvious, and the German Government already supply »jj in largo quantities to their army and navy. Plasmon has created a new industry ;in England, in Birmingham, where if wa? originally matiufaclur6d. It has bven fouud especially useful in feeding typhoid patients, and is equally suitable for consumptives, or, on the other hand, for athletes in training. It should also bo particularly welcome to vegetarians, who; can get from it the alhnmen which is 'Conspicuously absent from their usual diet. As am anti - fat medicine its virtues are supreme, all its constituents J going to strengthen niuscle and to form flesh, but no -fat. Again, in racing and stud stables, it is becoming a favourite food.! all these uses, it is clear that plasmon has a future. Unfortunately, it is not likely to be manufactured in the colonies for some time' to come,- as the process of preparation is very expensive, and in-, volves sending to Germany for special machinery. Otherwise, ° dairy farmerswho supply orenmories mipht find a.rfetauhenrtive wflj' ;o£ disposing of their skim milk. XT present this is either kept for piga and hand-fed ; heifers, or, with poorer settlers, for the family themselves,