H. W. Conn — Practical Dairy Bacteriology: Prepared for the Use of Students Dairymen, and All Interested in the Problems of the Relation of Milk to Public Health

New York, Orange Judd Company, 1907. Cloth. A very scarce copy of the first edition of this practical manual by H. W. Conn explaining the science of milk hygiene and fermentation, illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. First edition. With a monochrome frontispiece and numerous illustrations throughout. Collated, complete. A practical manual explaining how bacteria affect milk "from cow to consumer" with contents on contamination routes, culturing and testing, and the microbiology behind souring, fermentation, butter and cheese making. With information on on disease germs, and interventions such as pasteurisation and inspection standards. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Spine faded. Slight fading to extremities. Slight rubbing to boards and extremities. Previous owner's contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None Stated. Very Good Indeed .