Abstract: By a process of crystallizing raffinose under cooling, raffinose is efficiently crystallized, by continuously or intermittently circulating a solution containing raffinose, whereby temperature control can be done rapidly and accurately and laborious works for removing raffinose crystals adhered to the container are never needed because raffinose crystals are not adhered to the crystallization container under cooling, leading to the elevation of the yield, so the invention is excellent as a system for producing raffinose crystals industrially, in particular.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-atopic dermatitis composition containing raffinose as the effective ingredient that can be satisfactorily administered to babies and infants for a long term.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an agent for the suppression or lowering of blood lipids, cholesterol and neutral fats, which is derived from a plant and comprises, as an effective ingredient, an edible dietary fiber which contains cellulose and lignin as its main constituents and maintains the cellulose and lignin in a bonded state as in the plant.

Abstract: A method for selecting live seeds of sugar beet (those which are able to germinate) from dead seeds (those which are unable to germinate) based on the case of seed-cap releasing. When immersed in water, live seeds absorb much water and expand appreciably, while dead seeds expand only slightly because less water is absorbed. This expansion of live seeds upon absorption of water makes the seed caps, closely fitted onto the outer shells of fruit, ready to be released. When mechanical vibrations are given to a mixture of water-soaked fruit, only the seed caps of expanded fruit are easily released. Thus live seeds of sugar beet can be effectively obtained by selecting out the fruit from which seed caps have been released.

Abstract: A wood improver comprising a waste liquor produced by the digestion of pulp, such as kraft, sulfite or semichemical pulp, and optionally further containing a Steffen waste liquor from beet sugar plant and/or polyethylene glycol. Also disclosed is a method of improving the quality of wood by treating it with the improver to prevent its cracking during drying.

Abstract: A transplanting machine having rotary transplanting rods which clasp the forwardmost one of a row of continuous potted seedlings of a continuous paper tube pot assembly of potted seedlings so as to draw out the row of continuous potted seedlings. Further, the rotary transplanting rods separate the forwardmost one from the row of continuous potted seedlings in cooperation with a stopping mechanism for stopping such drawing out, and plant the separated potted seedling in the field while clasping it.

Abstract: A wood improver comprising a waste liquor produced by the digestion of pulp, such as kraft, sulfite or semichemical pulp, and optionally further containing a Steffen waste liquor from beet sugar plant and/or polyethylene glycol. Also disclosed is a method of improving the quality of wood by treating it with the improver to prevent its cracking during drying.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the saturation temperature of a given substance dissolved in a solution under test, based on the principle that the change in the temperature of the solution causes a specific change in the amount of light being passed through the solution. The accuracy of the determination of saturation temperature is augmented by passing a preheated air through an empty space formed between the test cell and the air seal glass thereby precluding otherwise possible formation of dew-condensation on the air seal glass. This invention is characterized by forming a thin layer of fine crystals of the substance deposited fast on the bottom face of the test cell and pouring the solution onto the thin layer in the test cell.