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convention in 1896. It treats of the advantages of keeping good cows over ordinary 

 stock; the profits from dairying, illustrating this by the record of a herd of 11 cows 

 on a farm near the station ; the care and feeding of cows with suggested rations; the 

 advantages and obstacles confronting the farmers of central Maryland embarking in 

 the creamery business; establishing cooperative creameries; prices paid for milk, 

 and dairy literature. 



" The principal disadvantages which we encounter are in the quality of animals at 

 our disposal and the limited supply of good and cheap food on most farms. The pas- 

 tures of the farms are too full of weeds and garlic, which are detrimental to a good 

 quality of milk and butter. These are disadvantages, of course, which time and care 

 can overcome, but they exist with ns and would have to be encountered at the start. 



"In the dairy business, as with all industries, there is always room for first-class 

 products, and whenever and wherever they are produced they will be sought after 

 and bring success to the community that produces them. . . . 



"Though it may not seem expedient to establish a creamery for the production of 

 butter, would it not be well for a community like this to start a milk and cream 

 business, modeled after the best points in the plans of the Abbots of Philadelphia 

 and the Copenhagen market of Denmark?" 



Cooperative dairying in Ireland (Jour. Hoy. Agr. Soc. England, S.ser., S [1897), 

 II. pp. 340-344). 



Dairying in the Swiss lowlands, A. Krakmkk | Die Landwirtschaft im schweizer- 

 ischai Flachlande. Frauenfeld: J. Hither; abs. in Milch Ztg., 26 {1891 \, Nos. .'.', pp. 337, 

 SS8; ..'.". pp. 358-356). 



Progress of dairying in Sweden (Jour. Bd. Agr. [London], 4 (1897), I, pp. 62, 63). 



Extracts from the annual report for 1896 of the experiment station and 

 school for dairying at Kleinhof-Tapiau (Milch Ztg., 26 (1897), No. 21, pp. 828, 829). 



Our imports of dairy produce (.lour. Bd. Ayr. [London], 4 (1897), I, pp. 14 



The milk trade of Berlin (Milch Ztg., 26 (1897), No. ..'.'. p. 



Dairy schools, R. A. Pearson (U. S. Dept. Ayr., Bureau of Animal Industry Bui. 

 17, pp. 88, Jigs. 2, ph. 4). — This bulletin describes the development of dairy instruc- 

 tions, the purpose of dairy schools, their methods, equipment, and advantages; and 

 an appendix shows the facilities for instruction in dairying now offered in the sev- 

 eral States. 



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Sheep scab, C. P. Gillette (Colorado Sta. Bui. 38, pp. 3-32, 

 fig. 1). — This paper, it is stated, is to be considered a report of progress 

 rather than a report of work finished. The mite Psoroptes communis, 

 the symptoms of the disease, its manner of spreading, and numerous 

 experiments with some 25 dips are popularly described. Experiments 

 were performed by dipping sheep and also with the mites themselves in 

 the laboratory. What is known as the California dip, the potassium 

 sulphid dip, the Cooper dip, the black leaf dip, the "Skabcura" dip, 

 the " Zenoleum : ' dip, the " Ckloro-naphtholeum " dip, and Quibell's liquid 

 dip were tried both upon the sheep and in the laboratory. The Fort 

 Collins lime-sulphur dip was tried upon the sheep only. The snlpho- 

 naphthol dip, the Quibell dry dip, the carbolic acid, the arsenite of soda 

 dip, the Australian dip, the copperas dip, flour of sulphur (dry), flour of 

 sulphur in water, the Curtis dip, milk of lime, tobacco decoction, car- 

 bolic acid and corrosive sublimate, kerosene emulsion, kerosene, alcohol, 

 and whale oil soap were employed in the laboratory only. Nearly all of 

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