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a record of each day's milk, a form similar to No. 2 is better. This can 

 also be made any desired size. If the herd is large, a piece of wrapping 

 paper can be ruled off like form No. 2. This gives an opportunity to 

 record the milk at each milking, and at the end of the month the total 

 can be put at the bottom of the sheet. 



DAILY miLK REPORT FOR 190 



NAME OF 

 COW 



Morn. 



Eve. 



Total. 



NAME. 



Morn. 



Eve. 



Total. 



Form No. i 





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Form No. 2 



The easiest way to record the milk is by weight, and for this purpose 

 a spring balance is the easiest to use, since it can be hung in the stable 

 so that the milk of each cow can be weighed quickly by hanging the 

 pail on the balance. If preferred, the milk can be recorded in quarts. 



In addition to the amount of milk which a cow gives, it is usually 

 desirable to know how much butter-fat the milk contains. In order 

 to determine this it is necessary to take a small sample of milk at the 

 time of milking, and then determine the per cent of fat by means of the 

 Babcock test. In any school where the teacher has the apparatus for 

 testing milk by the Babcock method, the scholars can easily determine 

 the amount of milk which one or more of their cows produces, and bring 

 a sample and test it at the school. In this way they can get accurate 

 records which will be of much practical value to their parents. 



