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manufacture of first-class Camembert cheese is, therefore, believed to be perfectly 

 practicable under American conditions. It la also believed to be possible to control 

 the ripening to such an extent as to produce a more uniform product. 



Cheese ripening materials, F. Reiss (Milchw. Zentbl, 1 (1905), No. 5, pp. 203- 

 208).— Analyses of 3 proprietary preparations for hastening the ripening of cheese 

 showed the presence of large quantities of sodium bicarbonate, 2 powders containing, 

 respectively, 48.72 and 57.70 per cent, and 1 liquid 8.40 per cent. 



Practical tests were made with each of the 3 preparations, the results seeming to 

 lie somewhat favorable to the application of an alkali as a means of hastening the 

 ripening of the sour-milk cheese made. The author believes that the use of such 

 preparations should he tested with various kinds of cheese. 



Standards for grading- cheese and creamery butter, J. A. Ruddick (Canada 

 Dept. Ayr., Dairy Div. [C7?v.], May 19, 1905, pp. 3) .—Standards with explanatory 

 notes for use in connection with giving certificates as to the quality of cheese and 

 creamery butter are given. 



Fifteenth annual meeting of Missouri State Dairy Association, 1905 (Mo. 

 Bd. Agr. Mo. Bui, 4 (1905), No. 10, pp. 86).— This contains the president's address 

 and the following papers: The Business Cow for the Business Dairyman, by R. M. 

 Washburn; The Farmer's Dairy Cow, by A. J. Glover; My Experience with Cows, 

 by T. L. Haecker; and Necessary Conditions for Successful Dairying, by H. B. 

 Gurler. 



Dairying as a profession, G. L. McKay (Iowa Agr., 5 (1905), Xo. 12, pp. 414, 

 415, fig. 1). — Brief notes are given on the opportunities in this profession. 



VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



Proceedings of the American Veterinary Medical Association ( Hartford 

 Press, 1904, pp. 414, pis. 9, Jigs. 7). — This volume contains an account of the forty- 

 first annual convention of the American Veterinary Medical Association held in 

 St. Louis, August 16-19, 1904. The papers which were read at this convention have 

 been previously noted (E. S. R., 16, pp. 121-128). The following notes are given on 

 papers which were presented by title, but are included in the proceedings: 



The source of mucin in the urine of the horse, H. J. Milks (pp. 305-315). — The study 

 of the origin of mucin is presented in considerable detail. It is concluded that the 

 mucin in horse urine comes chiefly from the mucous glands situated in the pelvis of 

 the kidneys. A small amount may come from the glands in the upper part of the 

 ureters, while none has its origin in the bladder. 



The relation of bovine oik! human tuberculosis, E. Perroncito (pp. 319-327). — Some of 

 the recent literature relating to this subject is briefly reviewed by the author and 

 notes are given on experiments in the transmission of bovine tuberculosis to pigs 

 through the alimentary tract. The disease thus artificially produced differs in sev- 

 eral particulars from ordinary spontaneous cases of tuberculosis in pigs. The same 

 author transmitted a paper on The Phosphorescence of Meats (pp. 374-378). In this 

 paper notes are given on the phenomena observed in phosphorescent meat, In cer- 

 tain samples of phosphorescent meat the color was dark red and the surface was cov- 

 ered with a mucous exudation. The literature relating to this subject is briefly 

 reviewed. 



Inspection and animal quarantines, J. A. Couture (pp. 349-356). — A historical state- 

 ment is presented of quarantine regulations which have been established in the 

 United States and Canada. Notes are also given on outbreaks of foot-and-mouth 

 disease and contagious pleuro-pneumonia, in connection with which data are pre- 

 sented on the numbers of different kinds of domesticated animals imported to the 

 United States and Canada. 



The volume also contains lists of officers, committees, resident State secretaries, 

 honorary and active members, and also the minutes of the business sessions. 



