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THE author of this little book is already favourably known by his early publications, jointly with Mr. T. R. Robinson, on butter-making and soft cheese-making. He holds an important position in the dairy world, and, as general manager of the Wensleydale Pure Milk Society, knows at first hand all the difficulties that beset the dairyman. The result is an admirable little volume, sound in regard to analytical methods, and direct in its appeal to the man for whom it is intended. It is more than a mere collection of methods, and includes discussions of such cognate subjects as the use of preservatives. Occasionally a request is heard in certain quarters that a preservative should be allowed in milk, but our author will have none of it, and advises the dairyman to keep clear of them all, even of a certain preservative offered for sale, “guaranteed to contain no boron or boric acid, and claimed to be undetectable by chemical analysis”! Quite apart from considerations of the general health of the community, the author shows that the dairyman himself would suffer, since foreign milk would invariably be imported if preservatives were allowed.
Milk Testing. A Simple Practical Handbook for Dairy Farmers, Estate Agents, Creamery Managers, Milk Distributors, and Consumers.
By C. W. Walker-Tisdale. (Northallerton: W. R. Smithson.) Price 1s. net.
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R., E. Milk Testing A Simple Practical Handbook for Dairy Farmers, Estate Agents, Creamery Managers, Milk Distributors, and Consumers . Nature 81, 187 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/081187c0
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