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arrived at by the use of one of the various 

 milk-testers now to be had. The Gerber 

 Milk Tester, obtainable from the Dairy Supply 

 Company, is, perhaps, the most satisfactory 

 for the ordinary farmer. As already stated, 

 the milk from each cow should be weighed 

 daily ; in some places it is done weekly, but 

 this is not nearly so advantageous, and is very 

 apt to be forgotten altogether. 



The machine stands in the shed, and after 

 weighing the milk, the amount is at once 

 entered on the sheet which bears the name 

 of each cow. If this were done farmers 

 would be surprised, in many cases, to find 

 that they were housing and feeding animals 

 which were not worth their keep, and in 

 time this weeding out of all cows giving 

 milk poor in quality or quantity would tend 

 considerably to improve the milking herds of 

 the country. 



A well-bred, profitable cow costs no more 

 to keep in labour and food than a poor 

 one, therefore why not go to the trouble of 



