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In a report as chairman of the committee on students' dairy products judg- 

 ing contests, W. P. Lockwood of the Blassacliusetts College stated that nine 

 colleges and universities sent butter-judging teams to the first contest, held 

 in connection with the Dairy Show. After a debate as to whether milk and 

 cheese should be included in these contests, the committee was empowered 

 to include as many products in next year's contest as it deemed wise. 



A statistical review of milk and cream regulations was given by I. C. Weld, 

 of Washington, D. C. The committee on legal limits for fat in ice cream was 

 instructed to continue the work along the same lines. The committee on cream 

 grading, to which one member was added from the Dairy Division, was di- 

 rected to work out definitions for two or three grades of cream. 



H. C. Troy of Cornell University gave a report for the committee on official 

 methods of testing butter for fat, in which he described two proposed modified 

 Babcock methods and gave results obtained by these methods in comparison 

 with those obtained by the official chemical method. This report was referred 

 back to the committee for further study. 



H. H. Wing of Cornell University, for the committee on relations to breed 

 associations, presented a report on official cow testing. Subsequently mem- 

 bers of the association held a conference on the subject of this report with 

 officials of the Ayrshire, Guernsey, Holstein-Friesian, and Jersey breed asso- 

 ciations. After discussion the associatioi). voted (1) that the title of the person 

 in charge of official cow testing in each State be the superintendent of official 

 testing; (2) that the rules adopted by this association be published in pam- 

 phlet form and distributed to dairy testers; (3) that the different breed asso- 

 ciations be asked to recognize the rules and regulations of the association in 

 reference to official testing and to include them in their rules and regulations ; 

 (4) that the records of cow-testing associations be authenticated only when 

 the official in charge of testing in the association is selected and appointed 

 by the superintendent of official testing, and that this authentication of records 

 shall be discontinued as promptly as some more satisfactory method shall be 

 found; and (5) that the different breed associations be asked to recognize 

 only one superintendent of official testing in each State. 



C. Larsen, of South Dakota, for the committee on feeding standards for 

 milk production, discussed the different standards, the methods used by experi- 

 ment stations and farmers for comparing the value of different feeding stuffs, 

 and the use of the feed unit system. The committee recommended that no 

 system be adopted by the association until present investigations on nutrition 

 by the different stations are completed. 



The executive committee was empowered to appoint members of the asso- 

 ciation to be members of a joint committee from this association, the Inter- 

 national Milk Inspectors' Association, and the Association of Milk Dealers on 

 the matter of uniformity of inspection regulations by federal, state, and muni- 

 cipal authorities. Steps were also taken to revive the committee of the 

 International Dairy Federation originally appointed by Major Alvord about 

 189.5 with a view to creating a sentiment for getting the International Dairy 

 Congress to meet in the United States. The executive committee was em- 

 powered to arrange for the publication of an official journal. 



