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be churQcd at a higher temperature, but the color of the butter was much 

 better than that from the lot fed mangolds. The beet chips seemed to have a 

 laxative effect at first, and the cows in that lot showed greater signs of thirst 

 than those on the mangolds. Some little time was also necessary for the cows 

 to become accustomed to the beet-chip ration. 



Dairy cattle, J. H. Grisdale (Canada Expt. Farms Rpts. 1911, pp. 59-71). — 

 This describes the methods of feeding the station herd, methods of making 

 cream cheese and Coulommier cheese, and contains the records of individual 

 cows. 



Winter dairying and creameries (Dept. Agr. and Tech. Instr. Ireland Jour?, 

 12 (1912), No. 2, pp. 281-303).— This contains data on milk and butter produc-^ 

 tion in Ireland. 



Dairying in Denmark, 1911, B. B6ggild (Tidsskr. Landokonomi, 1912, No. !^^ 

 pp. 257-276). — This is the customary report on the conditions of Danish dairy-! 

 ing during the year, with statistics relating to the dairying industry. 



Report of the Austrian dairy committee on the condition of the dairy 

 industry in the different crown, lands, Reinisch et al. (Ostcrr. Alolk. Ztg , 

 18 (1911), Nos. 11, p. 163; 13, pp. 195, 196; 18, pp. 275, 276; 23, pp. 356, 357; 2Ju 

 pp. 371, 372; 19 (1912), Nos. 1, pp. 3-5; 3, pp. 37, 38; J,, pp. 50-52 ; 5, p. 66; 7, pp. 

 99, 100; 8, pp. 115-117; 9, pp. 132, 133; 10, pp. 1J,7, 1^8; 11, pp. 163-165).— 

 This contains statistical data reported by different authors on the methods of 

 management, milk production, and related topics in Vorarlberg, Kilrnten, 

 Salzburg, Steiermark, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Moravia, Galicia, Silesia, 

 Carniola, and Bohemia. 



Cow mortality tables (Hoard's Dairyman, ^3 (1912), No. 18, pp. 689, 690). — 

 An attempt to estimate the average length of life of a dairy cow, based on 

 data contained in the Holstein-Friesian herd books. 



The inheritance of milk yield in cattle, J. Wilson (Sci. Proc. Roy. Dublin 

 Soc, n. ser., 13 (1911), No. 7, pp. 89-113). — Records of Danish cows are sub- 

 mitted as a proof that improvement in milk yield by breeding is not a gradual 

 process, as has been supposed, but is inherited in Mendelian fashion, that is, 

 if a daughter is not on an approximate equality with her dam as a milk pro- 

 ducer she is either much higher or much lower. The extreme grades are the 

 parent strains, and the intermediate are the hybrids. Records of progeny of a 

 few bulls are also given to bear out the same argument. 



The " escutcheon: " A guide to milking merit, J. S. McFadzean (Jour. 

 Dept Agr. Victoria, 9 (1911), No. 9, pp. 585-599, figs. 23).— This is an attempt 

 to revive an old theory as advocated by Guenon. The different types of escutch- 

 eon are illustrated and described. 



Testing the dairy cow, T. R. Middaugh (Ohio Sta. Circ. 122, pp. 121-134, 

 figs. 13). — This contains advice in regard to keeping records of dairy cows, 

 and gives directions for the use of the Babcock test with milk and skim milk. 



Secretion in the mammary gland, H. Hoven (Anat. Anz., 39 (1911), No. 

 11-12, pp. 321-326, figs. 4; ais. in Jour. Roy. Micros. Soc. [London], 1912. No. 

 2, p. 171). — ^At the beginning of secretion in guinea pigs the cytoplasm of the 

 cells contains numerous chrondriosomes, forming long undulating filaments. 

 These break into granules, some of which are transformed into secretory 

 granules (probably becoming casein or sugar), while others are transformed 

 into minute drops of fat. 



Milk, G. B. Taylor (Bien. Rpt. La. Bd. Health, 1910-11, pp. 82-107).— 

 Analyses and bacterial counts of milk, and other results of milk inspection, 

 are reported. 



A biometrical study of milk streptococci, J. Broadhurst. (Jour. Infect. 

 Diseases, 10 (1912), No. 3, pp. 272-284, figs. 4)-— A study of the fermentative 



