676 EXPEEIMENT STATION RECOED. 



feed units) eaten in 1904 being 1.244. and in 1908 1,367. A similar increased 

 production was obtained in otlier lierds. Tlie maximum yield of a cow for 

 the year in these herds was 4.195 kg. milk, containing 165.53 kg. fat ; the feed 

 units eaten, 1,800. The increase in production has come through systematic 

 breeding, by the use of pure-bred bulls of proved dairy capacity, and through 

 improved methods of feeding and caring for the cattle. In the author's opinion 

 the old Swedish mountain breed is splendidly adapted to. and in some ways is 

 unexcelled for, Norrland, and should be retained and further improved. 



Experiments in milking cows two and three times a day, N. O. Hofman- 

 Bang et al. {Ber. K. Vet. og Landljohojskolcs Lab. Landokonom. Forsog 

 [Copenhagen], 78 {1912), irp. 50). — In milking trials on 4 different estates, 

 involving 172 cows that averaged from 13 to 14 kg. of milk per day, milking 3 

 times a day produced an average increase of 0.8 kg. per head and day. The 

 fat content was not appreciably affected, but where the cows were not fed 

 heavily there was a slight loss in body weight. These trials did not furnish 

 any evidence as to the possible influence that frequent milking of heifers might 

 have on the development of the milking capacity of the mature cow. 



Prees cottagers' cow club (Jour. Bd. Agr. [London], 19 {1912). No. .5, pp. 

 388-392). — A society composed of owners of small farms in Shropshire, Eng- 

 land, who have since 1838 run a successful system of live-stock insurance, under 

 which the members in return for a payment of 4s. 2d. per cow per annum 

 receive the value up to £12 for every insured cow that dies of disease or acci- 

 dent. A reserve fund of £1,040 has accumulated, which secures them against 

 having to meet heavy losses. 



The dairy industry in western Siberia and the possibilities of its extension, 

 HoLLMANN (.1/^^ Dcut. Landw. Gcsell., 21 {1912), Nos. 12, pp. 182-186; 13, pp. 

 197, 198; 14, jrp. 211-214; ahs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rome], Bill. Bur. Agr. 

 Intel, and Plant Diseases, 3 {1912), No. 6, pp. 1428-1431).— A general statistical 

 account of the development of the dairy industry in Siberia since the first dairy 

 was established at Kurgan in 1894. 



Journal of the British Dairy Farmers' Association, 1912 (•four. Brit. 

 Dairy Farmers' Assoc., 26 {1912), pp. 288, figs. 16). — This contains reports of 

 the International Dairy Congi'ess at Stockholm, 1911, the dairy show of the 

 British Farmers' Association, 1911, milk trials and butter t^ests, and other 

 matters relating to the dairy industry in Great Britain. Among the papers on 

 special topics are the following: The Dairy Industry in the Netherlands, by 

 J. J. L. Van Rijn; I^Iilk Records, by J. Mesdag; Fighting Contagious Diseases 

 of Animals in the Netherlands, by J. Poels ; Cooperative Bacon Curing, by L. M. 

 Douglas ; The Letting of Dairies, a West Country Custom, by J. H. Burton ; The 

 Dairy Conference in Holland, by F. J. Lloyd; and Rearing and Preparing 

 Poultry for Market, by S. C. Sharpe. 



Report of the dairy and cold-storage commissioner, J. A. Ruddick et al. 

 {Rpt. Dairy and Cold Storage Comr. Canada^ 1912, pp. 150, pis. 6). — This con- 

 tains records of dairy herds, data on the cost of milk production, trade in milk 

 and milk products, the temperature of creamery butter at shipping stations, 

 cow testing associations, and brief reports on care and handling of cream for 

 butter making. 



Report on the activities of the dairy institute at Proskau, Klein {Ber. 

 Milch ir. Inst. Proskau, 191 1-12, pp. 17). — This reports analyses of milk, trials 

 of dairy apparatus, and other work on related topics. 



The cost of milk production in Hungary, E. Koerfer {Indus. Lait, [Paris], 

 S7 {1912), No. 35, pp. 594-598). — Figures are given showing the mean annual 

 cost of milk production in Hungary from cows producing an average of 6 liters 

 of milk daily to be 14.57 fillers per liter (about 3 cts. per quart). 



