20 GUIDE TO DAIRYING IN SOUTH AFRICA 



One raises better dairy stock, and one can also get 

 better prices for the progeny of cows with a record 

 of merit. Also the cows themselves are worth 

 more if records are kept of what 

 each has done in a year. Keeping 

 records, then, and the use of the 

 Babcock Tester are the first essen- 

 tials towards progress in building 

 up a profitable dairy herd. 



Do you weigh and test your 

 milk? If not, commence now! 

 With a milk sheet properly ruled, 

 and with the names or numbers of 

 the cows, together with the days of 

 the month placed on it and a 

 spring milk balance for weighing 

 all placed in a convenient posi- 

 tion where the milking is done 

 the farmer can record the amount 

 in pounds which each cow gives 

 at every milking with the spending 

 of only a few seconds at each time. 

 The milk should be weighed twice 

 daily, mornings and evenings, and 

 it will be found that there is always 

 less milk in the evening. The 

 butter-fat test by Babcock method described on 

 another page should be taken once per week, or 

 at least once per month, both mornings and 



MILK AND CREAM 

 SCALE. 



This circular spring 



ounces and is very 

 useful for weighing 

 milk at the barn. 



