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3. Mr. Orville Eichenberg, Monroe, Orange County. 



4. Mr. Eugene L. Moe, Burke. Franklin County. 



5. Miss Matilda U. Bower, Catskill, Greene County. 



6. Miss Katherine A. Donovan, Chatcaugay, Franklin County. 



7. Mr. Frank O. 

 Dodge, Norway, Herki- 

 mer County. 



8. ]\Iiss Elizabeth J. 

 Fletcher, Andes, Dela- 

 ware County. 



9. Miss Florence E. 

 Chase, Hilton, Monroe 

 County. 



10. Miss Cora G. 

 Kenney, Xunda, Living- 

 ston County. 



11. Louis A. Blod- 

 gett. Water Mill, Suf- 

 folk County. 



12. Miss Wills, Glen- 

 wood, Tompkins County. 



13. ]\Iiss Alary E. McCarthy, Malone, Franklin County. 



14. Burr H. Tupper, West Danby, Tompkins County. 



15. j\Iiss Georgia Gorton, Bolivar, Allegany County. 



From the above, it will be seen that twenty-five applications for the 

 Babcock Test apparatus have been made to date. We shall be able to 

 supply thirty schools before the close of the year. There is still oppor- 

 tunity for teachers who are interested to make application. 



The article this month is given so that pupils may be taught why a 

 study of milk and milk products is important — to arouse their interest in 

 the value of the subject; observations and experiments will follow. 



Fig. 43. — First lesson in dairying 



SO.AIE NEW YORK DAIRY STATISTICS. 



By R. a. Pearson. 



Few people realize how great is the dairy industry of New York 

 State. The last census tells us that in 1899 there were 1,501,608 cows on 

 New York farms. If these were arranged like a column of soldiers 

 standing ten abreast in a line and the lines close together, the column 

 would reach from Bufifalo to Albany. The value in one year of the milk 

 produced by these cows or the products made from their milk is, in round 

 numbers, $55,000,000 — more than the value of the same products for any 

 other state, and equal to about three fourths of the total value of the gold 

 mined in the United States in one year. 



