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will require practically the same time daily per cow 

 as weighing the milk. An hour or two some rainy 

 day is all that is necessary to make the Babcock 

 test for percentage of fat. With this amount of time 

 expended the farmer can have a reasonably accurate 



KEEPING A CAREFUL RECORD OF THE WEIGHT OF MILK 



dairy record of every cow in his herd. Considering 

 the time consumed in doing this work, and the small 

 expense involved in securing record sheets, scales, 

 and some simple form of the Babcock tester, it is 

 surprising that more dairymen do not test their 

 herds. After keeping records the farmer will find 

 that he has made many surprising mistakes in his 

 estimates of the relative value of his cows. 



The Babcock test. While full directions usually 

 accompany the apparatus as purchased it will not 

 be out of place to state briefly here the principles of 



