Milk and Butter Tests at the Newcastle Show , 1908. 199 
Table IX. — Averages of Cattle Tested. 
No. 
of cows 
com- 
peting 
Breed 
Live 
weight 
Days in 
milk 
Milk 
Butter i 
Ratio 
Points 
Lb. 
Lb. 
oz. 
Lb. 
OZ. 
Lb. 
3 
Shorthorns 
1386 
92 
64 
ih 
2 
n 
24 94 
46-76 
3 
Lincoln. Red do. 
1477 
83 
44 
8 
1 
15*1 
22-30 
36-85 
3 
South Devons . 
1617 
64 
48 
15* 
1 
10**1 
2910 
29-38 
1 
Ayrshires . 
1029 
132 
54 
4 
1 
in 
28-69 
39-45 
15 
Jerseys 
851 
91 
37 
1 
144 
19-69 
35-61 
1 
Guernseys . 
1099 
135 
35 
12 
1 
12| 
19-89 
38-25 
Table X. — Average points won by Cattle at Derby , 
Lincoln, and Newcastle, with the numbers competing at the 
three Shows. 
Breed 
Derby, 
1906 
Lincoln, 
1907 
Newcastle, 
1908 
No. of 
Cows 
Points 
No. of 
Cows 
Points 
No. of 
Cows 
Points 
Shorthorns 
2 
37-77 
4 
31-70 
3 
46-76 
Lincolnshire Red Short- 
horns . . ' . 
2 
38-45 
8 
3106 
3 
36-85 
South Devons 
2 
41-40 
2 
37-75 
3 
29-38 
Red Polled . 
— 
— 
1 
31-65 
— 
— 
Ayrshires 
— 
— 
— 
— 
1 
39-45 
Longhorns 
— 
— 
1 
33-35 
— 
— 
Jerseys .... 
17 
37-95 
14 
36-61 
15 
35-61 
Guernseys 
2 
29-25 
4 
33-45 
1 
38-25 
III.— EXPERIMENTS IN THE DAIRY. 
Experiment No. 1. 
The effect of Pasteurising milk for butter making. 
Two lots of milk from the Shorthorn and Jersey breeds 
were selected for this experiment. These were each sub- 
divided into three portions, making six lots in all, and were 
treated in the following manner : — 
One portion of each breed’s milk was heated to 1G0° F., and 
then reduced to 100° F., when it was separated. 
The creams obtained were cooled to 40° F., and subsequently 
heated up to 60° F. when a starter — a pure lactic acid ferment 
supplied by the Midland Dairy College — was added to each lot< 
The second portions of each were heated to 100° F. and 
then separated, the creams being cooled to 40° F., reheated to. 
60° F., and ripened with the same starter as the last lots. The 
third portions of each were similarly heated to 100° F., the 
cream being left to cool down and ripen naturally. All six lots. 
