718 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



milk. The lactic-ac-id l)acti'rin were practically the only species present, and these 

 decreaseil, not only in number, but in acid-producing power, with the lapse of time. 

 Undesirable species of bacteria were found in nearly all of the cheeses examined, 

 but these were always in insignificant numbers and soon died out. They seemed 

 unable to grow at a temperature of 40°. 



In the Guelph experiments the cheese placed immediately in cold storage ranked 

 first in (piality, that placed in cold storage after 1, 2, and 3 weeks ranking next, in 

 the order mentioned. In the Kingston experiments the cheese ripened in the regu- 

 lated room was sui)erior to that ripened in the ordinary curing room. According to 

 the authors, the m(jst noticeable fact concerning the best cheese was the high con- 

 tent of lactic-acid bacteria and the length of time that these organisms remained 

 alive. The bacterial flora of the cheese made in the 2 localities was very similar. 



Notes on Cheddar cheese making-, R. T. Archer {Jour. Dept. Agr. Victoria, 

 2 {1903), No. 2, pp. 137-140). — Notes are given on the treatment of overripe milk 

 and (in the prevention of gassy curd. 



Improved cream separator (»S'ci. Amer., 89 {1903), No. 26, p. 482, fig. 1). — A 

 descriptidii of a new sejtarator of the centrifugal type, recently patented. 



Thirty-First Annual Report of the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association 

 {Mudixon, Wis.: Democrat Printing Co., 1903, pp. 192). — Among the papers presented 

 at the annual meeting held in February, 1903, mention may be made of the following: 

 A Fond du Lac County Census and its Lessons, by C. P. Goodrich, in which data 

 are given on the cost of food and the quantity and value of the product of different 

 herds; Needs of the Wisconsin Cheese Industry, by U. S. Baer; Dairy Possibilities 

 in Northern Wisconsin, bj* F. Reitbrock; The Wisconsin Feeding Stuffs Law and its 

 Importance to the Farmer, by W. A. Henry, covering essentially the substance of 

 Bulletin 97 of the Wisconsin Station (E. S. R., 14, p. 790); and reports of cheese 

 and creamery instructors. 



Missouri Dairy Association {Mo. Bid. Missouri Stcde Bd. Agr., 3 {1903), No. 9, 

 p]>. 50, figs. 3). — Abstracts of the addresses delivered before the annual meeting held 

 in December, 1903. 



VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



The care of animals, N. S. Mayo {New Yorl:- The Macmillan Co., 1903, pp. XVI-\- 

 450, figs. 59). — In this volume the author seeks to give an account of the proper care 

 of animals, with special reference to their physical needs and comfort in health and 

 disease. Attention is called to the great importance of proper sanitation in pre- 

 venting the development of animal diseases. The subjects discussed in the volume 

 include feeding, watering, and exercise of animals; care of animals in stables and 

 yards; care of pets; judging and handling horses; lameness and shoeing of horses; 

 symjitoms of diseases; treatment for diseases; surgical cases; breeding; veterinary 

 obstetrics, and discussion of various animal diseases classified according to the part or 

 organ affected. A chapter is also presented on the common prescriptions and doses 

 of veterinary medicines. 



Animal diseases, J. M. Christy ( Transvacd Agr. Jour., 2 {1903), No. 5, pp. 14-20).— 

 Notes are given f)n sarcoptic, psoroptic, and symbiotic scabies of horses and mules, 

 foot-and-mouth disease in cattle, scab in sheep, glanders, contagious pleuro-pneu 

 monia, and rinderpest. 



The diseases of stock and how to treat them, D. Hutcheon {Agr. Jour. Cape 

 Good Hope, 23 {1903), No. 5, pp. 577-584) .—Briei popular notes on gall sickness, 

 colic in horses, and respiratory diseases. 



Veterinary studies for agricultural students, M. H. Reynolds (*S^. Paul- 

 Author, 1903, pp. XXI 11^246, figs. 86).— The purpose of this volume, as announced 

 by the author, is to furnish material for class work in instruction of students in A^et- 



