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of butter fat per cow per day for the 77 days, l.OS lbs., and the Holsteins 

 gave 1.07 lbs.," although the Shorthorns and Holsteins gained in live 

 weight, while the Jerseys did not. 



Following this trial, the cows were divided into 2 lots, and the roots 

 in the above ration were replaced by their etjuivalent in dry matter 

 of wheat bran. The ration for 1 lot was wet 12 hours before feeding, 

 and for the other fed dry. This trial lasted 4G days, the lots being 

 reversed once during that time. With the discontinuance of the roots 

 "butter fat decreased, more pounds of dry matter Avere required to 

 make a pound of butter fat, and the cows did not gain in weight dur- 

 ing the 4G days. . . . The diflereuce between the 2 lots is not striking. 

 There is a small percentage in favor of the wet feed." 



At the conclusion of the above trial the cows were turned to pasture, 

 and some observations made on the eliect of adding bran to the pasture, 

 "which indicates improvement over yield on grass alone." 



Annual report fojr 1894-95 of the dairy and bacteriological 

 division of the experiment station and dairy school at Kiel, H. 

 Weigmann {Jahresher. Schles. Hoist. Landw. Generalvereins, 1895; ahs. 

 in Milch Ztg., 35 {1896), Xos. 34, irp. 514, 545; 35, pp. 561, 5^5).— This 

 contains articles on (1) the best method for securing an average sample 

 of milk for fat determination;' (2) experiments in souring cream with 

 lactic acid ; ^ (3) experiments on the effect of distillery refuse (slump) 

 on yield and qualities of the milk; (4) experiments on the effect of 

 peat-molasses feed on the yield and fat content of milk ; ^ (5) method for 

 extracting fat from cheese for the purpose of examining and testing the 

 same for admixtures; '' (6) continuous examination of the milk of the 

 cows in the experiment stables; (7) weekly tests of newly purchased 

 cows, and tests to control the operations of the experimental creamery; 

 and (8) experiments in fattening calves with skim milk; together with 

 the financial record of the creamery and cheese factory, including the 

 profits of making cheese. 



In the abstract only the third and eighth articles and the financial 

 record are treated. In the experiment with distillery refuse, 4 cows 

 were fed 24 kg. of rye slump daily, it being added to the regular ration 

 of 2 cows, and fed in jjlace of 3 kg. of wheat bran in case of the other 2. 

 In the former cases it appeared to increase the yield of milk, and in the 

 latter to diminish it. Tliere was no apparent effect on the fat content 

 in any case. The bacteriological examination showed great similarity 

 in the flora of the dung of all the cows before feeding slump. The flora 

 was very different after the slump was fed, although still quite uniform 

 for the different cows. No connection could be traced between the 

 flora of the milk and that of the dung. 



' Milcli Ztg., 24 (1895), p. 716 (E. S. R., 7, p. 807). 

 2 Milch Ztg., 21 (189;")), p. 383. 

 3 Landw. Wocheubl. Schles. Hoist., 1895, p. 150. 

 ^Milch Ztg., 24 (1895), p. 729 (E. S. R., 7, p. 555). 



