1908.] 



Milk Tests in 1907. 



211 



1906. A similar satisfactory result is recorded at Wye, where 

 248 samples were received, as compared with 125 in 1906, 

 220 of which came from Kent and 28 from Surrey. Of these 

 no less than 104 were sent in between July and December by 

 one farmer, evidently for the purpose of improving his herd. 

 The effort appears to have been attended with success, for in 

 time almost all the samples were well above the 3 per cent, 

 limit. The result appears to be directly attributable to the 

 regularity with which the milk was tested, and illustrates 

 the advantages of the system so often urged by the Board. 



The number of samples tested at the different institutions 

 was as follows : — 





Number 









Name of College. 



of 

 Persons 

 Sending 



in 



Samples. 



Number 

 of 



Samples. 



Milk 



of 

 Single 

 Cows. 



Mixed 

 Milk 



of 

 Herd. 



University College of North Wales, Bangor ... 

 University of Leeds 



Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 

 University College of Wales, Aberystw)th 

 Cambridge University 

 University College, Reading 

 South-Eastern Agricultural College, Wye 

 Midland Agricultural and Dairy College 

 Harper Adams Agricultural College 

 College of Agriculture and Horticulture, 



Holmes Chapel ... 

 Agricultural and Horticultural College, Uckfield 

 Essex County Technical Laboratories ... 

 Eastern Counties Dairy Institute, Ipswich 

 Cumberland and Westmorland Farm School ... 

 County Council Dairy School, Gloucester 

 Shepton Mallet Grammar School 

 Glasgow and West of Scotland College... 

 Marischal College, Aberdeen 

 Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of 



Agriculture 



University College, Cardiff 



5o 

 44 



9 

 52 

 9 



6 



202 

 248 



95 

 110 



39 

 666 

 102 



24 



152 



433 

 20 



60 



87 



51 



The following suggestions have been received from the officers 

 who carried out the tests. Commenting on the comparatively 

 small number of samples sent, one writer says : — w I think that 

 the supposed difficulty of sending a glass bottle by post is one 

 of the reasons for our not getting more samples. I have met 

 with several cases where a farmer will drive many miles rather 

 than pack up the bottle to go by post. We very often have 



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