8 June, 1907.] Development of Dairy S/wrtlwrns. 



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No. 3 under Directions for station re[)resentatives in conducling test of dairy cows 

 (see below under C). 



9. The station reserves the right to make public in its reports and bulletins, or 

 b\- other means, an\- and all tindings secured while conducting official tests. 



B. — Rtih's for the Conduct oj Semi-0 fficiaJ Yearly Tests: — 

 The preceding general rules adopted bv this station for the conduct of official 

 iry cows shall 



• overn the tests of cows entered for semi-official \-earlv 



tests of dc 

 records. 



2. The tests of cows entered for yearly records shall be conducted f(jr two con- 

 secutive days each month, at such times a.-> are arranged for by the staiicjn in each 

 case. The supervisor shall be ])resent and see the cows milked dr}' at the last milk- 

 ing jirior to the beginning of the monthly test. The last milking on the test shall 

 in all cases be made exactly forty-eight hours after the preliminary milking. 



3. The supervisor shall report the weights of the milk of the cow, and the per 

 cent, of fat in the milking of the monthly test, on blanks furnished for this i>ur- 

 pose, which report shall be sworn to before a notary ]niblic. 



4. The average yiex cent, fat calculated from the total yield of milk and the 

 total fat for the two-da\- test, as reported by the supervisors, will be taken to re- 

 ] 'resent the average fat content of the milk of the cow during the calendar month 

 when the test was conducted (with the exce))tion as noted in |iaragr.ipli 7I. 



" CORKSCKKVV {i III [),i 1 1 1 d ). 

 For five jears averaged 5S4 gals, milk and 242 lbs. butter. 



5. The owner shall furnish a sworn statement, on blanks furnished bv this station, 

 as to the yield of milk by the cow for each milking during the month, and shall 

 also furnish such other information in regard to the cows as is called for on the 

 blanks. If the record for the weight of one or more milkings is lost, the missing 

 weights may be calculated by this station from the yields preceding and following 

 the period of which no records are at hand, provided a satisfactory explanation in 

 regard to the missing figures accompany the monthly report blank. In no case will 

 the credits be given for missing weights that are not explained at the expiration of 

 the month in which they occurred, or for the production bv cows prior to the first 

 month of testing, except for cows that freshened after the last monthly test in the 

 herd was conducted, in which case the per cent, of fat found in the first two-day 

 test shall also be used for the calculation of the yield of butter fat during the 

 preceding month. 



6. The sum of the monthly milk yields for the full year, or for the part thereof 

 during which the cow is milked, and the sum of the monthly credits for butter fat 

 which the cow has received during this period, sliall constitute her year's record 

 for milk and butter fat respectively. A certificate of the record made bv the cow 



