47G KXPKlilMKNT STATION ItKCORD. 



Milk from different breeds (Coniicctktit .S/o/y.s .S7«. Rpt. 1901', pi). 152- 

 l,')ti). — Analyses iue reported of the milk of 2o cows, representing 4 different 

 breeds, for the first 1(» months of lactation. 



Cattle of the Oldenburger Wesermarsch, 1'. Cornelius (Da.s OJdcnhurgcr 

 WcsrrniarschriniJ. Uannorcr. 190S. pp. VIII+1'iO, plx. 7, figs. 56, maps 2). — An 

 account of the development of the cattle industry in this region. Special atten- 

 tion is devoted to dairy cattle and the dairy industry. 



Studies of the dairy industry in France, England, Belgium, Denmark, 

 Sweden, and Holland, A. Reitz (Milchicirtschaftlichc titndien iiber Pniiik- 

 rcich, England, Belgicii, Diinemark, ticliiccdcn, Holhiinl. Stuttgart, 1901, pp. 

 228. pis. 1. figs. J/8). — The basis of this information was statistics and travels 

 of the author. 



Establishment and management of the dairy farm, (i. K. Kelkar [Dcpf. 

 Agr. Bombay Bui. 31, pp. 12). — A bulletin t)f general information on the cost 

 of equipping and methods of managing an Indian dairy farm. Tables show 

 the ratious fed and the cost of feeding buffaloes and the dairy breeds of India. 



Dairying in the Argentine. L. T. ^Iacinnes (Agr. Gaz. N. »S'. Wales, 19 

 (J!>08), Xo. 8, pp. 613-611; X. Y. Produce Rer. and Amrr. Cream., 1908, Oct. 7, 

 p. 902). — Dairying is an adjunct to stock raising and by the large owner is 

 done on the share system. Modern methods are of recent growth. Skim milk 

 is manufactured into casein and exported to England to be made into knife 

 handles, buttons, and other products. Au increase in Argentine dairy exports 

 is not expected until present methods are changed. 



Report of Alnarp Agricultural and Dairy Institute and of Alnarp Agri- 

 cultural School and Farm, 1907 {Bcrdttvhsc om Vcrksamheten I'id .i.1narps 

 Ldudfliruks och ilejcrihistitut sanit Alnnrps Landtliruksskola <>rh lUiciidain 

 (ir I'JOl. Malmfi, 1908, pp. Ji9+XVIII, fig. i).— A report of the operations of 

 this institution during l'.)07. 



Handling and marketing of milk and cream, J. Mrhels {Xorth Carolina 

 Sta. Bui. 198. pp. 'i-2'i, flgs. 13). — This bulletin treats of cream shii)ping cans, 

 sterilizers, ice boxes, and other appliances used in handling and marketing 

 milk and cream, together with plans for dairy houses and some general infor- 

 mation on producing sanitary milk and ci'eam. 



In comparing different types of cream shipping cans the results obtained show 

 that so far as maintaining toniiieratnre was concerned there was practically no 

 difference in the 20 gal. insulated metallic, the 20 gal. insulated wood .iacketed, 

 and the 10 gal. felt jacketed can. Where low temperatures are to be main- 

 tained for 9 or more hours during warm weather the ordinary 10 gal. can 

 placed inside of a covered ice-cream shipping tub that allows ice to be packetl 

 around the can, including the neck, is deemed the most satisfactory. The ice 

 should be left coarse, and the amount needed will vary with the outside tem- 

 perature and length of time in transit. The wooden tub without ice has 

 practically the same insulating effect as the felt jacketed. 



The bulk of the milk in the State is sold to consumers without any cooling 

 whatever. To show what cooling will do, tables are given showing the acidity 

 of milk at different ages. When milk was kept at a temperature I'anging be- 

 tween 42 and 45° F. there was only a slight development of acidity. The 

 morning milk kept at these temperatures showed au average increase of acidity 

 of only 0.05 per cent during 24 hours. 



A cheap and effective ice box is described. The author has also devised an 

 effective sterilizer foj- cleansing vessels and appliances used in handling milk 

 that costs only one-third as much as those commonly used. An improved cool- 

 ing arrangement is described, wherein the ice water from the cooler is pumped 



