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same number of cows for the year 1910 over 1909. This is a 

 result of being a member of a Dairy Test Association, and I 

 have a more thorough knowledge of the feeding and care oi 

 cows."' 



"More interest was taken in the w'orkings of the association 

 at the end of nine months than there was at the time of organ- 

 ization." 



"^Members of our association are purchasing co-operatively 

 every month a large carload — 24 tons — of mixed grain at a 

 saving of from 10 to 25 cents per hundred, compared with re- 

 tail prices." 



"The cow that I thouglit was my poorest turned out to be one 

 of my best ; all that I knew about her before becoming a mem- 

 ber of the association was to guess." 



Some members have made the remark that the returns from 

 tlie creameries were nowhere near the same as those made by 

 the testers in their work. So I inclose herewith a letter from 

 one enterprising dairyman and it speaks volumes for accuracy 

 m dairy test work. 



LivERMORE Falls, ^Ie., June 3, 191 1. 

 Mr. H. C. Black, State Dairy Instructor, Augusta, Maine. 



Dear Sir: — Our tester, Mr. Markham, has completed the year's work 

 at my place today and I am much pleased with the accuracy of the 

 work. For the first ten months of the year, Turner Centre Creamery 

 has paid me for 2001.8 pounds of butter fat. After deducting the last 

 two months' production from the totals of the year's work I find I am 

 accredited on my records for the first ten months of the year with 

 2083.3 pounds fat. a difference of 81.5 pounds fat, equal to 1630 pounds 

 of 5 per cent milk used in the form of milk and cream in the home. 

 As these ten months took us through berry and garden time I think this 

 amount none too much. By this comparison I feel that I have an un- 

 questionably reliable source of information of the production of each 

 cow in my herd and I congratulate Mr. Markham and Mr. Stevens on 

 the accuracy of their work. I would rather pay 50 per cent more for 

 the work than be without the benefits of the association. I write this to 

 you because I may not be able to attend the meeting Tuesday and I 

 want j^ou to know of my appreciation of the work. 



Respectfully yours, 



F. E. ADKIXS, 

 Member of the Oxford Co. Dairy Testing Association. 



The opportunity for the dairymen to get together and con- 

 verse freely with one another by the organization of these test 

 associations, also the chance that they have to purchase co- 



