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Milk Tests in 1907. 



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College, 27 came from one person and 11 from another. 

 It must be remembered that the. district served by this 

 college is only to a comparatively small extent engaged 

 in the dairying industry. The West of Scotland Agricultural 

 College makes no charge for the tests, and the number of 

 samples is large. One farmer, who sent in no less than 300, 

 had the whole of his cows tested regularly during the whole 

 season. The farmers in the districts served by the Armstrong 

 College and the Agricultural Department of Leeds University 

 have not taken much advantage of the scheme, the former 

 college receiving only 9 samples from 3 persons and the latter 

 52 samples from 18 persons, of which 30 samples came from 

 3 persons in the North Riding and 22 from 15 persons in the 

 West Riding. No samples were sent in from the East Riding. 



No less than 95 tests were made at the Midland Agricultural 

 and Dairy College, the samples being sent from Notts, 35 ; 

 Derbyshire, 14 ; Leicestershire, 14 ; and Lincolnshire (Lindsey), 

 1 ; while 25 samples were sent from places outside the counties 

 that contribute to the support of the college. Of these 9 came 

 from Liverpool, 3 from Malmesbury, 3 from London, 8 from 

 Stafford, 1 from Bristol, 1 from Coventry, 1 from Hants, 

 1 from Stourbridge, and 1 from the borough of Leicester. 

 In many cases the source of these samples was not disclosed, 

 but, with the exception of 8 samples taken from the milk of 

 individual cows, they probably came from the milk of herds 

 of varying size. One sample from a single cow gave 2*1 per 

 cent, of fat. Ten samples of mixed milk fell below 3 per cent, 

 of fat. They were chiefly taken from the mixed milk of cows 

 whose time of milking was uneven. In one case, where the times 

 of milking were 5.30 a.m. and 2 p.m., the morning's milk con- 

 tained only 2 -7 per cent, of fat. The farmers of Staffordshire 

 and Shropshire sent in no samples of milk, while 224 were 

 tested for experimental purposes, and some remarkable results 

 were obtained. The highest percentage of fat in the morning's 

 milk was 5-20 and in the evening milk 7*20, and the 

 lowest 2*50 and 3*10 respectively. These were drawn from 

 the mixed milk of herds. The number of samples sent to the 

 Essex County Laboratories shows a great increase, 577 samples 

 being sent from Essex and 89 from Hertfordshire in 1907, as 

 compared with 320 from Essex and 77 from Hertfordshire in 



