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prejudice that so many good foods are held to be of doubtful 

 value for this purpose. 



Another speaker, Dr. Otto Fettick, of the Royal Hun- 

 garian Veterinary High School, Buda-Pesth, observed that 

 in dairies where the bulk of the produce is intended for 

 market it would be sufficient to ensure that the fodder is not 

 stale, and that a change of fodder, particularly from dry to 

 green, should not be made suddenly, as the best fodder might 

 then give rise to irregularities in the digestive organs and 

 lead to changes in the ingredients of the milk. He thought 

 it might be advisable to prohibit the use of factory waste and 

 stale fodder in dairies producing milk for children. 



The general tendency of the foregoing papers appears to 

 be that, in the opinion of several recognised Continental 

 authorities, the effect of food on the composition of milk is 

 less than is often supposed, and that so long as the food is 

 sound and wholesome and compounded in such a way as to 

 keep the cows in thoroughly good health the milk produced is 

 likely to be quite suitable for consumption by children and 

 invalids. The residues from beet-sugar factories, potato dis- 

 tilleries, &c, are, however, regarded as undesirable if not 

 used with great care. The necessity for absolute cleanliness 

 and thoroughly hygienic conditions in every respect is 

 admitted on all hands. 



The annual report on the Distribution of Grants for Agri- 

 cultural Education and Research for the year 1907-8 

 [Cd. 4802. Price iod.], which was 



The Education of reviewed in this Journal, September, 



the Farmer's Son. 1909, p. 486, deals, among other ques- 

 tions, with that of the education neces- 

 sary for the young farmers of this country. 



General Education. — Occupiers of land, it is pointed out, 

 may be classed as belonging to one or other of two groups, 

 comprising (1) those who have received their general educa- 

 tion at the primary schools, or at primary and evening 

 schools, (2) those who have had some higher form of general 

 education, and perhaps the best way of deciding whether the 

 future farmer should or should not attend a secondary school 

 is by answering the question : Is it necessary that he should 



