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radical call for another step. I believe it is a proposition 

 founded on true, intelligent justice, and of larger profit in 

 the future. A cow should be valued according to the 

 amount of solids she gives. That does not say that I am in 

 favor of one breed more than another. A cow may give 

 you the same amount of solids in 50 pounds of milk as in 

 l'D pounds of milk, but, if she does, should you sell that 

 milk for as much per quart? 



Mr. H. A. Barton (of Dalton). There are with us a 

 good many patrons of co-operative creameries. I under- 

 stand that the creameries in this section are almost entirely 

 carried on under the cream-gathering system, and counting 

 the cream by spaces. I would like to have Governor Hoard 

 explain the mode of paying for this cream according to the 

 amount of butter fat which is contained in the cream. 



Ex-Governor Hoard. It is the same as though you 

 tested the cream in place of the milk. 



Mr. Barton. I understand that, but I would like to 

 have the governor explain the mode of procedure in carry- 

 ing on the test. 



Ex-Governor Hoard. You simply test the cream, just 

 as you do the milk in the Babcock test. 



Secretary Sessions. I think Mr. Barton wishes to know 

 how you keep the cream of the patrons separate. 



Ex-Governor Hoard. I do not know of any other way, 

 if you force yourself to do business in that way, than to take 

 a sample of each patron's cream, and go around with a full 

 equipment to take samples and test them. If the patrons 

 brought the cream to you, they would leave samples, 

 wouldn't they? If a patron brought milk, he would leave a 

 sample of the whole. We use this system in the West 

 very little, and then only where the population is so sparse 

 and widely distributed that it is not economical to carry 

 milk. In the East, where you have a dense cow popula- 

 tion, in my estimation a much more economical proposi- 

 tion would be to bring the milk and take the skim-milk 

 back home. Or you e;iu establish, if you choose, skim- 

 ming stations, where the farmer takes his milk to the 

 station, has it tested by the Babcock test and the cream 



