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A "Milk Contest" in Oxfordshire. The Journal of the Board 

 of Agriculture. July 1909, vol. XVI, n. 4, pag. 303. 



With a view to encourage dairying under the best conditions, 

 the Oxfordshire Agricultural Society recently awarded three prizes 

 to be competed for by tenant farmers residing within a radius of 

 twelve miles of Oxford. In allotting the prizes, not only the quality 

 of the milk, but also the condition of the cows and cowsheds, 

 cleanliness of milking, etc. were taken into consideration, marks 

 being given according to the following scale: 



Full Marks Points 



4 Condition of cow. 



4 Cleanliness of cows. 



4 Cleanliness of cowsheds. 



5 Careful removal of manure. 



3 Equipment of dairy, provision of hot water, pails, strain- 

 ers, etc. 

 5 Care and cleanliness of utensils. 



2 Health, etc. of attendants. 

 5 Cleanliness of milking. 



3 Prompt and efficient cooling where required. 



20 Average quantity of milk per cow from a commercial 

 point of view, allowance being made for period of 

 lactation. 



10 Flavour of milk. 



20 Composition of milk. 



20 Keeping quality of milk, 



ERNEST MATHEWS. Milk and Butter Tests at the Gloucester 

 Show 1909. Journal of the R. Agric. Soc. of England, Vo- 

 lume 70, 1909, pp. 221-238. 



The Society offered prizes for milk-yield tests, butter tests and 

 experiments in the dairy, which comprised the sampling of milk, 

 the colouring of milk and butter and the making of Wensleydale 

 cheese. 



The experiments, on the whole, confirm the opinions expressed 

 in last year's report to which the following additions may be made: 



That milks rich in fat make better cheeses than the poorer 

 quality milks and produce a heavier weight of cheese, but against 



