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a high percentage of caseiu go together, aiul a milk rich in fat is not 

 only a good milk for ))utterbut also a good milk for cheese, while the 

 reverse is also true. Itesults of later physiological inquiry regarding 

 the function of the milk glands and the production of milk are cited in 

 support of this view, which the writer holds in common with many 

 others. 



The general inference drawn from the above experiments, which are 

 regarded by the author " .as fairly representative of others, " is " that a 

 given animal by heredity is so constituted that she will give a milk of 

 a certain average composition ; by judicious or injudicious feeding the 

 amount of milk daily may be very largely varied, but the quality 

 (composition) of the product will be chieHy determinedby the individual- 

 ity of the cow. * * * Slight variations are always cropping out whether 

 we (!hange the food or not, but changes of per cent of fat of any con- 

 siderable amount do not appear to trace to food influence, so long as 

 the food is reasonably well proportioned and sufficient in quantity. 

 Quantitij is the result of food inHuence ; quality is the result of the 

 make-up of the animal. " 



Oregon Station, Bulletin No. 4, January, 1890 (pp. 35). 



Notes on fak:m chops, E. Gjiimm, B. S. (pp. 3-18). — Plat experi- 

 ments with grasses, clovers, forage plants, and cereals were begun in 

 February, 1889, on about 12 acres of tile-drained land, which had pre- 

 viously been used for a pasture for six or seven years. There were in 

 all 112 plats — 67 for grasses, 10 for clovers, 7 for forage plants, 13 for 

 wheat, and 15 for oats. Twenty-six plats with grasses and 5 with 

 clovers on " white land" were one fortieth acre each; the dimensions of 

 the other plats are not given. Brief notes are given on rescue grass 

 {Bromiis schradcri), meadow fescue {Festucapratensis), tall fescue (-Fles^ifca 

 elatior), meadow foxtail grass {Alopecurus pratensis), awnless brome 

 grass {Bromiis inermls), meadow soft or mesquite grass [Rolcm lanatus), 

 orchard grass {l)acti/lis glomcrata), tall oat grass {Arrhcnatheriim arena- 

 ceiim), rye grasses {Loliiim perenne and L. ilallcnm), timothy {Phleum 

 pratcmc)\ Bermuda grass {Gynodon dactylon), and Texas blue-grj^.ss 

 {Poa aracknifera). The experiments with clovers included red, alsike, 

 and crimson {TrifoUum incarnatum). It has been claimed that clovers 

 can not be successfully grown in the section where the station is located, 

 but the author is convinced that " failure to secure a stand of clover in 

 the Willamette Valley means, in most cases, poorly drained and culti- 

 vated soil, as no plant does better than the clovers in this section. This 

 is evidenced by the growth of our native clovers, such as TrifoUum 

 microdon, T. inrolucrafnm, and others, which grow to the height of 2ifeet 

 in our fields. Indeed there is every evidence of this being a most ex- 

 cellent clover country, and with due care in the preparation of the land 

 no more trouble need be experienced here in growing this most valii- 

 jible croi) than in the most favored localities."' 



