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carefidly standardised and should be applied to the milk obtained asep- 

 tically from each cow and from each quarter. 



A bibliography of twenty-three publications is appended. 



1099 - The East Anglian Milk Recording Society (i). — chevaliek, j. b. and older- 



SKAW, A. W. in Journal of fhe Board of Agricultiue, Vo]. 'KXllI,yto. 5, pp. 431 to 436, 

 I,ondon, August, iqi6. 



The East Anglian Milk Recording Society was established in June 

 191-). The annual subscription was fixed at 2s 6d per member in addition 

 to a levy of 2S per cow per annum — the minimum levy being fixed at £ i 

 per member. The members of the Society were scattered over a very 

 wide area, within a radius of about thirty miles of Ipswich. The milk 

 recorder paid a surprise visit to each herd at least once in every six weeks. 

 He received a salary of £ 100 per annum and paid his own travelling ex- 

 penses. vSamples of the mixed milk of the herds were taken on each 

 evening and morning of the recorder's visit : these samples were tested 

 gratuitously but a fee of ^d per sample was charged for any addition 

 samples tested. The Society comprises 21 members mth 25 herds, divi- 

 ded into two classes, herds containing cows of a mixed type, and herds of 

 pure bred cattle. At the first series of visits of the recorder 695 cows 

 were tested. 



One of the most useful functions of the Society consists of carefully 

 weighing the food fed to the cows of various members. The results of 

 investigations as to rations have been communicated to the local press 

 from time to time, and it is hoped that in this manner, the Society in ad- 

 dition to helping members to select their cows and feed them cheaply, will 

 also be of some use to all owners of milking herds in the neighbourhood. 



The following table gives the principal returns collected by the recor- 

 der for the year June 28, 1914 to June 27, 1915. 



Number of cows 



Total number 566 



Breeds : Shorthorn 32 



Red Poll 99 



Jersey 33 



British Holstein 66 



Crossbred 31 



Undescribed 303 



Age : One calf of three years old 61 



Four calves of six years old 132 



Aged animals 62 



Undescribed 311 



(i) See B. March 1916, Nos. 322 and 337. {Ed. 



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