732 EXPERIMENr STATION KECORD. 



dairy stock, silos aud silafje, the organization and niauagemeut of oor">j)erative 

 creameries, construction of creamery buildings, cream raising, butter making, cheese 

 making, relative profits of butter and cheese making, etc. The re]»ort is pop.ular in 

 style and contains a vast amount of useful information, gathered from the experi- 

 ence of successful farmers and dairymen and from the work of the agricultural 

 experiment stations. 



The composition of camels' milk, Dinkler (Pharm. Ztg., 189G, Xo. 41; Ztachr. 

 Fl<i.s(h uttd Milch Hy(j., 7 (1S97), Xo 5, j). OS). 



Loss in dry matter of milk by souring, H. Hoft (Chem.'Ztg., 21 {1897), No. 4, 

 p o^^^ — ^\^ table shows notable losses in dry matter in souring, amounting to several 

 tenths of a per cent by the time the milk curdled thickly. 



Some sanitary aspects of milk supplies aud dairying, S. Burrage {Purdue 

 UnivevvUii Monoaraph'^, Xo. 2, pp. 20). — A conqiiled popular bulletin, treating of milk 

 in general, the bacteria of milk, sources of contamination and infection, and milk 

 in its relation to ]iublic health. 



Power tests of centrifugal cream separators, A. W. Richter ( Wiscow^in Sfa. 

 Bpt. 189'), pp. I'>l-l'i7). — This is a shorter account of work reported in Bulletin 46 of 

 the station (E. S. R., S, p. 170). 



Milking by machinery {Amer. Aijr. (uihJ. ed.), 59 {1897), Xo. 8, p. 227, figs. 2).— 

 Descriptions are given of the Cushnian, De Laval, and Thistle milking machines, 

 with illustrations of the first two. 



The use of bacterial culture starters in butter making, with especial refer- 

 ence to the Conn culture (B. 41). E. H. Fahi;in(;tox and H. L. Russell ( Wiscon- 

 sin Sia. Ppt. 1SH5, pp. 174-226, charts 12). — A more detailed account of work reported 

 in Bulletin 48 r f the station (E. S. R., 8, p. 261 ). 



Dairying, J. Maiiox {Queensland Dept. Agr. Ilul. 9, 2d ser.,pp. 39). — This is a popu- 

 lar bulletin on the subject of dairying, covering the various jihasesof butter mak- 

 ing, cheese making, handling of milk and cream, dairy buildings, management of 

 cows, etc. 



AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. 



An experiment in draining low-lying marsh lands by means oi 

 a dike, a sump or reservoir, tLle drains, and a windmill, W. A. 

 Henry ( Wheons'm Sta. Ept. i.s.y.j. j,p. :23:2-;23i>., pi. 1, Ji<j. 1).—T\iu 

 successful leclainatiou of 20 acres of luarsli land typical of "tliousaiuls 

 of acres of wet lands in southern Wisconsin" is described. Tlit 

 method of reclamation was briefly as follows: A dike 4 ft. wide on 

 top and rising 18 in. above water level was built across the lower end 

 of the area. Inside of this, and about 10 ft. from it, a ditch was dug 

 wliich emptied into a reservoir (40 by GO ft. in area and 4 ft, deep). 

 Near this reservoir and connected with it by means of a 6 inch sewer 

 pipe was a bricked-up well. "Over the well was placed a 14-foot 

 Eclipse windmill, carried by a 40-foot tower. The pump rod of the 

 windmill was attached to an 8by-12-inch common iron pump placed 

 low down in the well. The windmill opeiates the pump and lifts the 

 water of the well flowing in from the sump, throwing it over the dike 

 into the creek by means of a inch iron discharge pipe." To prevent 

 the water from freezing during winter the reservoir was covered with 

 boards and marsh hay, and manure was packed around the ])ump. 



The draining was done during the fnll of 1894, and in the fall of 1805 

 there was harvested "one of the largest croi)s of fodder ever grown 

 on the farm, the stalks carrying a fair amount of ears." 



