50 AMERICAN DAIRYING. 



pool with every other patron, as we had no 

 practical way to test milk. I bought cows for 

 a few years to keep up my dairy, but could not 

 get satisfaction and went back to my old plan 

 of raising the heifer calves. The only test I 

 applied was the weight of milk. I was forced 

 to do this, as I could not afford to pool grade 

 Jersey milk with other milk that had been pro- 

 duced with quantity alone in view. I was al- 

 ways in open rebellion against this plan and 

 hunting for some practical test that we could 

 apply to our dairies and to the individual cows 

 in the dairies. I felt all the time that I was a 

 backslider in my work and it irritated me ter- 

 ribly. 



Credit to the scientists. When Prof. Short 

 of the Wisconsin Experiment Station brought 

 out his test my firm secured one, and later Prof. 

 Patrick's test- was purchased, which was a long 

 step in advance. Next came a letter from Prof. 

 W. A. Henry, asking me to go to Madison and 

 see Dr. Babcock's new test, as he thought he 

 had one that would fill the wants of the dairy- 

 man. He was right, as it has now come into 

 use in all dairy countries. I bought such parts 

 as I could at Madison and got up the first ma- 

 chine used outside the Wisconsin Experiment 

 Station, and we are using it now to do the test 

 work for six creameries. 



Abortion from ergot treatment. The 



