No. 4.] REPORT OF DAIRY BUREAU. 259 



Continuous Milk Tests. 



Last year we reported investigations made by Mr. Clem- 

 cnce of the Bureau on the quality of the milk furnished by 

 his herd. These investigations have been continued during 

 the year, and we regard the result as very valuable. Mr. 

 Clemence is a milk dealer retailing his own production, and 

 has a herd of grade coavs purchased from different sources 

 as necessary to keep up his supply. While he is desirous of 

 having cows which give as much milk as possible, he is also 

 desirous that the milk shall be of reasonable quality. Nearly 

 two years of monthly tests of mixed milk of his herd show 

 that it is very uniform, varying less than three-tenths of one 

 per cent, regardless of the season of the } r ear or the kind of 

 feed. This proves that, under such conditions as exist in 

 Mr. Clemence's case, common cows will give milk up to the 

 statute standard, and that there are no mysterious variations 

 from a comparatively uniform quality. The percentage of 

 fat has ranged between 4.2 and 4.4 per cent by the Babcock 

 test. Several samples of milk, submitted to chemical analysis 

 for the purpose of verifying the Babcock test, and showing 

 indisputably what such milk ought to contain of total solids, 

 have resulted in a range of from 13.52 to 13.84 per cent of 

 solids. This verifies what the Bureau has frequently stated, 

 that milk of 3.75 per cent of fat is, if normal, up to the 

 standard, and it shows that there is no difficulty in producing 

 standard milk. 



Misckixankous. 



The Bureau has been represented at two dairy conferences 

 of a national nature, and in one case its acting executive offi- 

 cer was invited to prepare a paper. He has also done some 

 work for the milk interests of the State, as secretary of the 

 Milk Producers' Union. 



Financial STATEMENT. 



The following is the financial statement of the expenses 

 of the Bureau during the past year : — 



