478 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Turkeys, ducks, and geese, H. A. Nourse et al. (St. Paul, Minn., 1909, pp. 

 128, figs. 39). — A treatise on breeds, breeding, batching, rearing, fattening, and 

 selling turkeys, ducks, and geese. 



Hatching' and rearing' of turkeys by artificial methods, H. L. Blanchard 

 {WashiiKjton Sta. Bui. 96, pp. 3-8). — This bulletin contains an account of an 

 experiment in raising turkeys, includiug incubation, brooding, feeding, and 

 preparation for market. 



Experience in raising' Virginia deer, C. H. Roseberry {Amer. Breeders Mag., 

 1 {1910), iVo. 1, pp. 50-52). — An account of the author's experience covering a 

 period of 19 years in raising Virginia white-tailed deer. 



Legislation affecting the raising of deer and elk for profit, D. E. Lantz 

 {Amer. Breeders Mag., 1 (1910), Xo. 1, pp. .'i2-'j7). — A review of the legislation 

 in the various States which recognize private rights in domesticated big game. 



The larva and spat of the Canadian oyster, J. Stafford {Amer. Nat., 1^3 

 {1909), No. 505, pp. 31-'i7, pi. 1; U {1910), No. 522, pp. 31,3-366, pi. /).— The 

 author reports studies of the embryo of the oyster and directs attention to the 

 results obtained on problems relating to oyster culture. 



Larval oysters in all stages from the freshly fertilized egg to full-grown 

 larvse were found suspended in the water of Richmond Bay, Prince Edward 

 Island, in July and August. Stages hitherto unobserved were taken in a 

 plankton net. The free-swimming period was found to last about 1 month. 

 Normal fixation took place when the larval shell was about 0.38 mm, long. 



DAIRY FARMING— DAIRYING. 



Journal of the British Dairy Farmers' Association {Jour. Brit. Dairy 

 Farmers' Assoe., 24 {1910), pp. 233, figs. 6). — This contains articles by various 

 authors on the use of milk records, the Cheshire cheese industry, contagious 

 abortion in cows, the milking trials of 1909, and other matters of interest to 

 dairymen. 



Feeding experiment with cows, J. M. Scott {Florida Sta. Rpt. 1909, pp. 

 A'TV-A'l///).— Previously noted from another source (E. S. R., 23, p. 78). 



Feeding oil to milking cows, J. Mackintosh and W. Goodwin {Jour. South- 

 cast. Agr. Col. Wye, 1908, No. 17, pp. 218-228). — The addition of peanut and 

 coconut oils to the rations of milking cows produced no appreciable difference 

 in yield of milk or percentage of fat. From 2 to 4 oz. of peanut oil per day per 

 head improved the flavor of winter butter, but larger quantities made the 

 cream difficult to churn and the butter was soft in textui'e. Coconut oil also 

 made cream diflicult to churn but had a hardening effect on the butter, which 

 was of good flavor, texture, and appearance. 



Note on the composition of milk yielded by cows fed on pasture manured 

 with phosphates and potash, J. Golding and S. G. Paine {Analyst, 35 {1910), 

 No. Ifll, pp. 246, 247). — The application of superphosphate and sulphate of 

 potash on pastures did not increase the perceiitage of phosphoric acid or potash 

 in the milk. 



The composition of milk, H. D. Richmond {Analyst, 35 {1910), No. 411, pp. 

 231-237). — Analyses of 18,519 samples of milk received from farms are re- 

 ported. The average results were as follows: Morning milk, specific gravity 

 1.0323, fat 3.53 per cent, and solids-not-fat 8.93 per cent ; evening milk, specific 

 gravity 1.032, fat 3.94 per cent, and solids-not-fat 8.92 per cent. The lowest 

 percentage of fat occurred in May and June, the highest in October and 

 November. 



A sample of asses' milk gave the following ■ results : Specific gravity 1.034, 

 fat 0.9 per cent, solids-not-fat 8.82 per cent, milk sugar G.49 per cent, protein 



