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effect upon her own babe of her own pain and mental 

 disturbance. A mother should not allow herself to be 

 thrown into a severe fit of angry passion, on account of 

 some poisonous quality or effect which is given to her milk 

 by these very conditions of nervous excitement. When we 

 are using our cows according to the doctrine of kindness, 

 we are simply doing good things for ourselves. 



Mr. Bull. It is my opinion that we receive at our 

 creamery from one hundred and fifty different dairies quite 

 as good a quality, if not better, in May and June than we 

 do in August. 



Ex-Governor Hoard. I do not doubt you. Do you re- 

 ceive as good as in October, November and December ? 



Mr. Bull. While the cows are in the stable, no. The 

 farmers that supply us must necessarily keep up as nearly 

 as they can to a uniform supply, and avoid, if possible, the 

 surplus of May and June, so consequently we get a more 

 uniform quality of milk. 



Ex-Governor Hoard. Do your cows mostly come fresh 

 in the fall? 



Mr. Bull. No, I think they are about evenly divided. 



Secretary Sessions. The aim is to have so many each 

 month during the year. 



Mr. Bull. Yes, sir. We buy our cream by the Babcoek 

 test. Before I met the governor I was buying by the space 

 plan. I became convinced at Great Barrington that if we 

 were going to purchase cream we must purchase it by the 

 Babcoek plan. It took a great deal of effort to get the 

 farmers to agree to try it, but I think I can say to-day with- 

 out hesitation that they are satisfied that it is the only right 

 and proper way to sell cream. As an illustration : I was 

 at the Chester Creamery. We were making some tests. 

 One sample showed 14 per cent fat. I thought that was 

 exceptionally low, but on the same route another sample 

 showed 27. That was, I thought, unusual. I began to 

 feel that something was severely wrong. The gatherer came 

 in on that day. I had saved the samples and repeated the 

 test, and found that they came out the same on the second 

 trial. I asked him to explain, if he could, why this should 



