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12. All record books and blanks except the monthly herd-record 

 books must be secured from the county farm bureau agent, in 

 counties where farm bureaus are in operation. If no farm bureau 

 exists in tlie county, such supplies must be obtained through the 

 representative desig-nated by the Bureau of Farmers' Institutes. 



INSTKUCTIONS CONCERNING THE CONDUCT OF OFFICIAL TESTS 



(a) Any neglect ou the part of the dairy demonstration agent 

 to maintain a gentlemanly bearing, either as to personal appciar- 

 ance and cleanliness or as to conduct, will bo considered sufficient 

 cause for immediate removal without notice. 



(b) The dairy demonstration agent shall not receive from the 

 owner any money or valuable consideration other than the per 

 diem fixed by the dairy improvement association of which the 

 owner is a member. 



(c) The required temperature mentioned in Rule 8 may be 

 obtained with hand machines, by placing the machine on a hot 

 stove during the process of testing or by the addition of boiling 

 water at least twice during the test. 



(d) If the cows are milked four times a day, the dairy demon- 

 stration agent shall test after each milking except the late one at 

 night. 



(e) The dairy demonstration agent shall keep his glassware 

 clean and bright. 



(f) Great care must be exercised that the names and records 

 of cows are not transposed. 



Ear-tag numbers of all cows on monthl;^ inspection must be 

 reported each month. 



(g) All data required on monthly report blanks must be 

 secured from owners and reported each month. 



(h) All reports must be made promptly. 



(i) A representative of the Bureau of Farmers' Institutes (in 

 company with the farm bureau manager, in counties where farm 

 bureaus exist) will make semiannual inspections of the work of 

 all dairy demonstration agents. Final approval of the year's 

 register-of-merit records will not be given unless the report of 

 these semiannual inspections is satisfactory. 



