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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Quantity and quality of milk in two-day tests of different breeds. 



Breed. 



Year. 



Number 

 of cows. 



Yield of 

 milk. 



Fat con- 

 tent of 



milk. 



Solids- 

 not-fat. 



Total 



solids. 



Shorthorns 



Do .... 



Do.... 



Do ... . 



Do .... 

 .Jerseys 



Do ... . 



Do ... . 



Do.... 



Do ... . 

 Guernseys 



Do .... 



Do .... 



Do ... . 



Do .... 

 Red Polls . 



Do ... . 



Do ... . 



Do ... . 



Do .... 

 Kerries . . . 



Do ... . 



Do .... 



Do 



Do 



Crosses 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



is; c.i 

 19U0 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 



Pounds. 



46.0 

 •is. 1 

 52.2 

 16. 9 

 54 I 

 31.9 

 31.0 

 28. 7 

 30. (i 

 31.5 

 28.9 

 33.2 

 32.8 

 30.2 

 29. 2 

 41.8 

 40.8 

 45.7 

 39.2 

 39.3 

 30.1 

 25.7 

 33. 5 

 27.2 

 35.1 

 51.7 

 43.6 

 42.2 

 42.7 

 43.9 



P< r cent. 



3.74 

 3.54 

 3.53 

 3.86 

 3.79 

 6.17 

 5.11 

 6. 35 

 5.01 

 5.39 

 4.43 

 4.69 

 4.31 

 5.01 

 4.37 

 3.39 

 3.65 

 3.47 

 3.68 

 3.60 

 3.33 

 4.33 

 3.69 

 4.36 

 3.95 

 3.76 

 3.88 

 3.65 

 3.97 

 3.86 



/'< r cent. 

 9.04 

 8.83 

 8.96 

 8.88 

 8.89 

 9. 34 

 9. 22 

 9.34 

 9.24 

 9.00 

 9.29 

 9.18 

 9.19 

 8.84 

 9.03 

 8.84 

 9.10 

 9.18 

 9.01 

 8. 89 

 8.86 

 9.21 

 9.07 

 9.23 

 9.06 

 9.08 

 8.94 

 8.94 

 9.05 

 8.85 



P< i it at. 

 12.78 

 12.37 

 12. 49 

 12. 74 

 12. 68 

 14.51 

 14.33 

 14.69 

 14. 25 

 14. 39 

 13.72 

 13.87 

 13.50 

 13.85 

 13.40 

 12.23 

 12.75 

 12.65 

 12. 69 

 12.49 

 12. 19 

 13.54 

 12. 76 

 13.59 

 13.01 

 12.84 

 12.82 

 12.49 

 13. 02 

 12. 71 



Dairy -herd records, J. Mahon {Queensland Dept. Agr. Rpt. 1903-4, p. 31). — Rec- 

 ords for one lactation period are given of 31 cows, representing 10 breeds. 



Scales of points for judging cattle of dairy breeds, H. E. Alvord ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry C'irc. 48, pp. 14, fig. 1). — This circular, which is a 

 revision of Circular 27 of the Bureau (E. S. R., 12, p; 90), contains the latest author- 

 ized forms of the scales of points in use for judging cattle of the several breeds 

 especially adapted to the dairy. 



The milk supply of Porto Rico together with directions for its analysis 

 and some precautions to be taken in its preservation, W. N. Berkeley ( Office 

 Health, Charities and Corrections [Porto Rico], Chem. Lab. Bol. 1, pp. 25). — Analyses 

 of 1,970 samples of milk made during 1900 and 1903 showed that the adulteration of 

 milk by the addition of water is extensively practiced in certain districts in Porto 

 Rico. 



Average composition of Essex milk, T. S. Dymond and F. Hughes (Essex 

 Education Com., Notes Agr. Anal. County Tech. Labs., 1901-3, pp. 27-29).— -Of 85 

 samples of milk analyzed, 16 were below the standard of 3 per cent of fat and 6 

 below that of 8.5 per cent of solids-not-fat, and 1 below in both. Excluding 5 samples 

 as undoubtedly adulterated, the remaining samples averaged, specific gravity, 1.032 

 per cent; fat, 3.7 per cent; and solids-not-fat, 8.9 per cent. 



Contribution to the knowledge of buffalo milk, R. Windisch (Ztschr. Unter- 

 such. Nahr. u. Genussmtl., 8 (1904), No. 5, pp. 273-278). — Earlier work on this subject 

 is reported briefly, and the results of analyses of the milk of 3 buffalo cows made 

 by the author during the summer of 1902 are given. The following average, maxi- 

 mum, and minimum figures were obtained: 



