90 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



butter and cheese from the United States to trans-Pacific countries 

 from 1893 to 1890. The author discusses, with reference to conditions 

 and practices observed in California, the use of sugar-beet pulp and 

 sugar-beet tops for dairy cows, method of payment for milk at 

 creameries, handling of milk from cows fed alfalfa hay, butter pack- 

 ages, cheese making, milk supply of cities, and dairy education in the 

 State, offering suggestions for improvement along various lines. 



Tlie possibilities of dairying in Cuba, D. R. Rankin {Hoar'Ta Dairyman, 31 

 {1900), No. 17, pp. 336, 337). 



T-welfth. annual report of the dairy school at RUtti-Zollikofen, Bern, 1899 

 [XII. JahrcsbericJil di:r BerniacJien MolkcrelscJinle in. I'ntti-ZoUikofrn pro 1S9S-99. Bern, 

 1S99, pp. 44). 



Summary of results of tests of ne-wr feeding stuffs at Poppelsdorf during 

 the winter of 1898-99, E. Ramm {Milch Ztg., 28 [1899), No. 62, pp. 817-819).— 

 This is a .summary account with tabulated data of a series of feeding experiments 

 with milch cows, previously reported in detail (E. S. R., 11, pp. 81, 86, 885), com- 

 paring peanut cake with the following feeding stuffs: Tropon residue, brewery resi- 

 due (Brauerschlempe), Illipe cake, palm-nut cake and Illipe cake, Tropon, English 

 cake (consisting mainly of cotton-seed meal and molasses), malt-sprouts-molasses, 

 gluten meal, and raw sugar. 



Tests of dairy cows, 1898-99, J. W. Decker ( Wisconsin Sta. Rpt. 1899, pp. 

 140-152, fig. 1). — Official tests were made by representatives of the station during the 

 year of 73 Holstein cows for the Holstein-Friesian Association, 7 Brown Swiss cows 

 for the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders' Association, and 2 Guernsey cows for the 

 American Guernsey Cattle Club. The manner of conducting the tests is described 

 and the results are tabulated and discussed. In tests of 5 Holstein cows a record 

 was also kept of the amount and cost of food eaten during the 7 days. 



Scale of points in use in the United States for judging the dairy breeds of 

 cattle ( f7. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry Circ. 27, pp. 16). — Reprinted 

 from the Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry for 1898 (E. S. R., 11, 

 p. 983). 



Eccentricities of the cow, C. D. Smith {Farm Students^ liev., 5 {1900), No. 6, p. 

 85). — Variations in the composition of milk during the same and succeeding periods 

 of lactation are discussed. 



Examination of milk for tubercle bacilli, V. II. Bassett ( Wisconsin Sta. Rpt. 

 1899, p. 205). — Thorner's method (E. S. R., 4, p. 214) was used in examining 4 sam- 

 ples of separator slime and 30 samples of milk coming from cows reacting to the 

 tuberculin test. 



"The result of these examinations showed that in no case were tubercle bacilli 

 demonstrated in the milk from reacting cows that had no evident udder lesions of 

 the disease. The accuracy of the method of examination is checked by the fact that 

 in every instance where tuberculous si^utum was added a positive microscopic result 

 was noted." 



Investigations on lactic acid fermentation and its practical use, S. Epstein 

 {Arch. Ilyg., 37 (1900), No. 4, pp- 329-359). 



Testing cream {Hoard's Dairyman, 31 {1900), No. IS, p. 355). — ^The use of the 

 Babcock test in determining the fat content of cream is hrit'fly discussed. 



On the composition of Norwegian creamery butter, F. H. Werenskiold 

 {Norsk Landmandshlad, 18 {1899), No. 50, pp. 607-611). — Gives the results of peri- 

 odical examinations of the butter from nine creameries during 1899. Determinations 

 of specific gravity (at 100° C. ), refractive index, and Reichert number were made. — 



F. W. AVOLL. 



