The fcriiictitiitioti iitdrrst~rics 1i:ivc been illfliteliced it1 thc last. t,lircc or four years by a fuiiilnnicntiil clicinge of opinion coiiccriiiiig tlic tlicory of nlcoholic fernictit.cttioii niitl conccrr~ing the 1:ictic : i d f~rJllCiitiltiOl1 of the : i~i i~~l i t l organism (glycogciiolysis).The fiiiid:imcntnl eqiiatioti for iilcoldic fcrnicntatioti, IIiiiiip griiiii cnii bc rcgcncrntcd by I.Iorvitt'sJ1 ~iioiiltl rcinovnl nictliod which dcpcnds on tlic washing of t,lic griiin. After drying l i t n low tcttipcrnturc the grain is sterilized by ultra-riolct rays nnd w t i t-lien IN* storcvl wit11 snfctg.Various methods :ire uscd for tlic destruction of thc diffcrcnt pests found in thc grntinry ntid silos. OJIC of the most ccrtniii tiicthods, nccording to B. %uchcr,4? is warming for oiic hour to XI " C., which kills thc ii1scct.s niid does iiot Iinrnt tlic grnin. A inorc ccrtnin ~iicthotl is to licnt to 50"-52.5" C. ; no damage to tlic gcrtiiiiiating po\vcl-'3 is cnnscd by this trcntmcnt.Poisonous giises itre widely used to coriibiit tltcsc pests, oile of tlic most cfrcctivc 1)eiiig tlic sonicwhnt dangerous 1iytlrocy:inic iiciel giis. l\rcgiiiiil is convcnicnt iJi use, atid I \ ' . I\l:ischcnmcicr i i t t d KriigeiJa1 iirc of tltc opinion tltnt. S dnys' trcnttiiciit (at tlie optiiiiiiin teinpernturc of 25"-3Oo C.) of grunarics which :ire iiot complctely closcd is cfiiciciit. On nccoiittt of its infininInability, liowvcr, not iiiorc tlinn 120 C.C. pcr ciihic metre cnii tic iiscd.In America ii iiiisturc of 7 pnrts of solid CO, iiiid 1 part ctliylctic osidej6 is coriiiiioiily used, tlic lnttcr is iibsorbcd liy t.lic carbon diosidc nnd is riscil in this form for fuinigntion. 11:tltylctie osidc nlotie ciiii nlso lie uscd hut,, nccordiiig to 11. E. Swain atid Johnson,"0 this iicts uiifnvournbly on tlic p i n ger~iiination, ~rltcrcns in n niistiirc with CO, this is not tlic cnsc.Iiistcnd i\ccortliiig to 7'. Clirznszcz niid J. Jotiicltijf iiinlt.con t:iins n sisto-sitbstnncc wl~icli coiuliiiics with the ninyliisc ntid t 11: . iict.ioii cd'whicli is 1icg:itivctl by protcin tlccoiiiposit,ioti proilucts. Tlic ntiiylnsc is tiot newly foriiicd by gcrtiiiitnt~iott of the grniti but iiriscs in tlic ccrcnl itntiictli:it.cly :iftcr blossoniing niid is st,orccl tlicrc ; (luring ripciiiiig it bccoincs piirtiiilly cotiibii~cd with the sisto-substiiiiccs wliiclt fortn. I-Iyilrogcn sulpliidc ntid rcdiiciiig siibst:inccs iiiiil iilso various clcuto-substaticcs activate tlic n~i i y l n s c .~~ TIic lnrgcst nniounts of sistosubstance are present in bitckwlicnt 1llnlt.50 'l'hc obscrvntioiis atid proposals of G. Jnk0l),57 conccriiiiig tlic problcni of t h scl)iirntion iiiid rctiiovnl of the scdiinciit froiii tlie wort 1iiiv.c 1iit::l.v p r o i i i o t d so1110 discitssioii. I-Ic stntcs tlint :I riipitl rctiioviil of tlic scilimcnt ntitl Iiops is ticccssnry for bccr qutility. G. D~f r c i P finds tlint good bccr is o1)tniiicd by rapid rcmoviil of t,lic liops from t,lic wort, iiiitl hot filtriition. J. Sntiivn6D is of the opiiiioii t...