580 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The commercial motor truck v. the horse, H. W. Perry {Sci. Amet:, 10^ 

 (1911), No. 2, pp. 36, 37, 50, 51, fiffs. IS). — ^A comparison of the efficiency and 

 cost of the two methods of motor power from actual tests. 



Dogs and all about them, R. Leighton (London, New York and Toronto, 

 1910, pp. VIII-\-3-'iJi. pis. 17). — "A concise and practical handbook on matters 

 canine." The characteristics of all the common breeds of dogs are described 

 in detail. 



Chickens, A. T. Johnson (Philadelphia, 1910, pp. 159, figs. 26). — ^A brief 

 practical treatise on the breeding, feeding, and management of fowls. 



Labor-saving- poultry appliances, J. E. Rice and C. A. Rogers (New York 

 Coniell Sta. Bid. 2S-'i, pp. 36, figs. 51). — The labor-saving appliances illustrated 

 and described in this bulletin are for the most part inexpensive. They include 

 feeding and watering devices, pedigree and egg collecting appliances, catching 

 and carrying devices, shipping packages, coops for sitting hens, fattening coops, 

 a rack for sprouted oats, a burglar alarm system, and an improved killing and 

 picking box. 



Poultry houses and fixtures, J. E. Rice et al. (Buffalo, N. Y., and Quincii. 

 111., 19 II). 7. ed.. pp. 96. figs. 170). — These articles by different authors contain 

 the plans and details for constructing closed front, scratching shed, curtain 

 front, fresh air and portable poultry houses, and ai)pliances for the house and 

 yard. 



DAIRY FARMING— DAIRYING. 



[History of dairying in the United States] (Cream. Jour., 22 (1911), No. 2, 

 pp. 2-55, figs. 7). — ^A series of articles by numerous authors on the growth of 

 the dairy industry in the United States during the past 60 years. 



Dairying in Jamaica, C. F. Pengelley (Jour. Jamaica Agr. Soc, 15 (1911), 

 No. 1, pp. 27-29). — A discussion of the cost of milk production in Jamaica. The 

 amount of milk yielded annually by 25 Jamaica cows is given as 96,830 lbs. 

 The gross receipts for milk and calves amounted to £320 5s. The cost of keep- 

 ing was £95. 



Cattle and dairying in the Punjab, 1910, A. M. Stow (Lahore, 1910, pp. 

 II+66+XII). — A general and statistical account of the cattle, buffalo, sheep, 

 and goat industry in tbe Punjab. 



Dairying map of New South Wales (Agr. Gas. N. 8. Wales, 21 (1910), No. 

 12, p. 1082, map 1), — This map shows the areas suitable for specialized dairy- 

 ing and those for mixed farming with dairying as an adjunct. 



Report on milk records for season 1909, J. Howie (Ayrshire Cattle Milk 

 Rec. Com. Rpt. 1909, pp. 313). — This contains the yearly records of the yields 

 of milk and percentage of fat of over 9,000 Ayrshire cows in Scotland during 

 the season of 1909. An article by John Speir on "What it Costs to Produce a 

 Gallon of Milk is included in the report. According to his figures in 1903, in 

 tbe case of 1,340 cows, the average cost per gallon was 1.14d, and in 1907 with 

 2.441 cows the average cost per gallon was 1.53d. The cost was less in the 

 cheese-making districts than where market milk was produced. 



Cow testing, W. M. Singleton (Jour. New Zeal. Dept. Agr., 1 (1910), No. 3, 

 pp. 149-177, figs. 10). — The average yield of 598 cows with an average lactation 

 period of 260 days was 7,133 lbs. of milk and 274.57 lbs. of fat. Estimates of 

 the cost of keeping a cow in New Zealand are given. 



Half a ton of butter per cow per year, H. G. Van Pelt (Philadelphia, 1910, 

 pp. 56, pi. 1, figs. 12). — The methods of feeding cows which have made phenome- 

 nal records are described. 



Cost of producing milk, G. M. Whitaker (Hoard's Dairyman, J/l (1911), 

 No. 50, pp. lJ,7S-l.'i80; Pacific Dairy Rev., /.', (1911), No. 52, pp. 12-14).— An 

 extract of an address before the Maine Dairymen's Association, December, 1910. 



