48 a EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



from springs, 4 from ponds or brooks, and 1 from pond ice. 

 Water from public supplies is not analyzed, they being under 

 the jurisdiction of the State Department of Health. 



(e) Testing of Pure-bred Cows for Advanced Registry. 

 Four men have been given regular employment in conducting 

 yearly tests of Jersey, Guernsey, Ayrshire, Shorthorn and 

 Brown Swiss cows, and in addition extra men are employed as 

 occasion demands. This work requires the presence of a super- 

 visor at a farm for at least two days each month. The two-day 

 test period forms a basis for computing the monthly milk and 

 fat yield reported by the breeders direct to their respective 

 cattle clubs. Following is a monthly summary of the work for 

 the two-day yearly tests : — 



