674 EXPEKIMENT STATION EECOED. 



milking cows, £9 3d. On another farm with the same number of cows, the 

 profit on the winter cows was £29 5s. Id., and on the summer cows f2:j 4s. 5d. 



Cow test association work in Maine, L. S. Merrill {Bill. [2Iainc^ Dcpt. 

 Agr., 8 {1909), No. 3, pp. 79-169). — This bulletin contains a report for the year 

 1908-9 of the work of the first two cow test associations organized in Maine and 

 milk records of the herds belonging to the members of the association. 



Milk yields of different cattle breeds in Steiermark, A. Gstirner {Osterr. 

 Moll: Ztg., 16 {1909), No. V,, pp. 187, JSS).— Milk yields are reported of 1,807 

 cows belonging to IS different breeds and cross breeds. 



The introduced breeds averaged larger yields than the native cattle. The 

 yields of the three best herds were as follows : Twenty-two cows of the Algiiu X 

 Oberinntal averaged 2,872 kg. of milk per head, containing 3.89 per cent fat; 

 22 cows of the Montavon X Meran averaged 3,077 kg. of milk per head, con- 

 taining 3.62 per cent fat; and IS Simmental cows averaged 2,94.5 kg. of milk 

 per head, containing 3.17 per cent fat. Suggestions are given for improving 

 the native cattle by crossing with improved dairy breeds. 



The dairy industry in Argentina, E. Fynn, Jr. {In Ceiiso Agropccuario 

 Nacional la Ganaderia y la Agiicultura en 1908. Buenos Aires: Govt., 1900, 

 vol. 3, pp. 301-312, pi. 1). — This is a brief account of the growth and present 

 condition of dairying in Argentina. 



The dairy characteristics of the Valaque sheep, O. Laxa {Rev. Gen. Lait, 

 7 {1909), Nos. 13, pp. 289-300, jjIs. J,, chart 1; IJ,, pp. 313-328; 15, pp. 337-3.',7 ; 

 16, pp. 361-373;- 17, pp. 391-402).— This series of articles contains a brief 

 account of the dairy industry in the region of the Carpathian Mountains. 



The breeds of sheep in this region belong principally to the species Ovis aries 

 strepsiceros. One of the important dairy breeds is known as the Yalaque or 

 Trausylvauian. The author has made an extensive study of the yields of this 

 breed and reports a large numl)er of analyses of the milk. The results are 

 presented in tal)ular form. A bibliography on the subject is appended. 



Handbook of milk, P. Sommerfeld et al. {llandbiich dcr MUchkunde. 

 Wiesbaden, 1909, pp. XIV-\-999, pis. 3, figs. 234)- — This valuable compilation on 

 milk and its properties is the work of specialists and includes the latest re- 

 searches on the subject, with numerous references to the literature. Nearly 

 one-half of the book is occupied with the topics of milk secretion, ferments and 

 organisms in milk, and sterilization and pasteurization. The chemical and 

 physical changes in milk from the moment of its secretion until the time of 

 using are also treated in detail. 



The list of subjects in the table of contents is as follows: Physiology of Milk 

 Secretion, by M. Pfaundler; Physical Properties, by H. Koeppe; General Chem- 

 istry of Milk, by R. W. Raudnitz; Quantitative Analysis, by F. Reiss and P. 

 Sommerfeld ; Milk Ferments, by E. Seligmann ; Saprophytes in Milk, by H. 

 Weigmaun ; The Transmission of Disease by Means of Milk, by A. Weber ; 

 The Passing of Toxins and Antibodies into Milk and Their Transference to 

 Nurslings, by P. H. Romer ; Stables, by A. Schlossmann ; Diseases of Dairy 

 Animals, by J. Bongert ; Management of Milk, by H. Weigmann ; Sterilizing and 

 Pasteurizing, by H. Tjaden ; Special Arrangements for Supplying Milk to In- 

 fants, by H. Neumann; Investigation of Milk' and Milk Products, by F. Reiss; 

 Human Milk, by St. Engel ; Milk of Other Animals, by A. Burr; A Table of 

 the Properties and Composition of Different Milks, by R. W. Raudnitz ; and 

 Market Milk and Milk Regulations, by A. Schlossmann. 



On the starch-like structures in tlie milk glands of cattle, A. Zimmermann 

 {Ztschr. Fleiseh u. Milelihyg., 19 {1909), No. 12, pp. ^25-1,29, pi. i).— The gran- 

 ules often found in the alveoli and alveolar tissues of the mammary glands are 

 figured and described. 



