Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-08

| 80 W Is - lIoIiitS.
The meeting has been Il success from
any point of View and tho fact seems
| W ne realized by every member. Many
GOOD ideas from the lectures delivered
vii! follow the dairymen home and
without doubt will be produt tive OF
good
| The forenoon exercises began with
| singing by the Falmouth Ladies'
Quartet which was worry fayorahly re-
| cciNed by the audience Charles ID.
| " GODS. director of the Maine Agricul-
tQral Experiment Station at Orono.
was the speaker Of the forenoon SEES
sion and read an exhaustive ana very
interesting paper on Some Recent IN
vestigations Upon the Secretion of
Mix. Mir. Wood began:
To the dairyman al that is of
practical Importance in milk secreta-
ton CentcrS around the quantity and
the quality Of the milk Experiment
and inquiry has been Very active
along these lines during the last Ia
| or l. years and the chief embarrass-
nent in attempting Il summary of
what has been undertaken ana the re-
suits which have been obtained is the
abundance ana the variety oc the
data. Tie Station publ, atoms are
rcplete with such results and in This
paper the attempt i made TO put IN 4
compact and caSiiy-to-be understood
form the mOT" important conclusions
winch have been reached and some of
the data upon which they rest
The speaker then gave 4 phy~iologi-
In, .ft Il. r.
and also the rlilk veins. He state,,
that the nervous system of the COW is
closely associated with the production
Of milk ana told how the action Of
milking affected the cows nervous
system ana thereby tie the flow OF the
milk While experts are able to
judge from the general build of a COW
much as t" her capacity as a mixer
the various rules or points which
have been laid down for Judging the
merits Of milch cows are III them
selves uncertain. While the form Of
the uddcr is important. as is also the
size of the milk vein. Il large well
formed udder is not always sign of
pruductiv"neSS.
The fat is s"crctcd IN Ilobular form
ana he size If til" fat glohulcS in tin"
milk is of practical importance. sine"
ae4 a rule. the larger the GlObules the
cleaner VIII milk skim and cream
chuln. The speaker then dealt far
Their with fat globulcS giving the re-
suits of many interesting experiments
and spoke of the regularity of milk
SEGREGATION. in speaking IF tn" source
OF fat of milk. he said that it mas been
Thought hat the rat Of milk was de
rived from the body fat and. at IN"
same time it Was held that the supply
nf fat in food was always sufficient to
moro than account for the amour, ot
fat in The milk Sccrctcd. The milk fat
could not come from the previously
stored body fat ana Mr.. Woods gave
three considerations in support Of the
| fact.
| Can The nervous system Of COW
! orTcct her WELD Of milk and if 50 IN
what ways ana To what an extent IS
III, into, csting question that has
claimed the attention of many in
ycstigatnfs. That the COW has more or
lass mower 10 hold up her milk is
we'll known fact but to what an ~
teot she may ut will affect the actual
secrc,ation is not 50 clear. When
| COWS are lllltkcu titt tctht 81 81 '''''-'
both the. yield and the quality are dc-
cilcdly affected. The effect being 4
| decided falling OFF
| Mr.. Woods treated of the subject "t
! ,,,c effects of temperature and weather
IN milk production and then passed on
.o tho effect of c-.ercs" and fatigue on
milk PRODUCTION. giving facts proving
,n,t heavy exercise had strong m
rrn,c, in decreasing the supply ana
|, .,Iso affect the quality. The above
I cited results" he said. "all agree III
uointipr out that causes ana clrcuhl-
| stances affecting the nervous system
have marked effects for tiine ~
last ON milk secretation. SuaiiH
-,c,,rst.ncns which affect the animal
rr,Iaasantly decrease production III
,be.:.. eases the fat is the CONSTITUENT
most considerably affected.
..Tharc is q llnaninity OF opihhon ~
! .o,.,i.a1 men and scientific men alike
thot the food has Il greatly detcrhin-
;n,. effect upon the quantity OF mix
"o,at.d Feeding in Insufficient ration
,,.l.r otherwise like conditions Always
,a,,c,ses the amount of mix Sc
l.,oted :. He then spoke OF the ehec'
- ,,tf,ns of varying nutritiVe ratios
+h. secretion OF milk and also on
~, effect Of food on the nuahtF q