

CONTENTS 



Variations in the composition of milk: Results at Offerton Hall, 

 Broomhaugh, Seaton Delaval, Alnwick, Cockle Park, and Newton 

 Rigg ; Effects of weather and of temperament of cows on inilk 



Offerton bulletin, No. I : Moderate v. heavy rations of concentrated 

 foods for milch cows ; Effects of equal and unequal intervals between 

 milking on milk ; Cream raising tests ... 28 



Offerton bulletin, No. 2 : The feeding of concentrated food on pasture 

 to milch cows ; Effects of brewers' grains on quantity and quality of 

 milk ... . ... 64 



Offerton bulletin, No. 3: Effects of brewers' grains on quantity and 

 quality of milk (second experiment) ; Transfer of boric acid from 

 food to milk ; Difficulties of taking a sample of milk ... 93 



Soya cake for milch cows: Results of trials at Newton Rigg ; Effects 

 on quantity and quality of milk ; Comparison of results with soya 

 cake and decorticated cotton cake ... ... ... ... ... ... 114 



Milk of newly calved cows: Its composition ; How it differs from 



normal milk ; In how many days after calving milk becomes normal ... 118 



Composition and manurial values of foods : Average composition 



of foods ; Feeding standards ; Manurial values ... ... ... ... 124 



Rations for fattening cattle and milch cows : Equivalent amounts 

 of cakes and meals and of roots and fodder of different kinds ; Rations 

 with more or less roots, and with hay and straw for fattening cattle 

 and milch cows, and for cows giving greater or less quantities of milk 132 



Calf rearing : - (Mr. W. T. Lawrence, Newton Rigg) : General principles ; 

 Rearing on butter-making farms, milk-selling farms, and cheese- 

 making farms ; Linseed and cod-liver oil as cream substitutes... ... 137 



Prevention of tuberculosis by open-air treatment : Mr. A. F. 



Nichol's system, at Bradford, near Belford ; Results in North Buck- 

 inghamshire, at Baliol College Farm, and at Eshott ... ... ... 140 



Tests for farmers' milk: Instructions as to sampling; The tests 

 undertaken at Armstrong College ; Information which should be 

 forwarded with samples ... ... ... ... ... 145 



