1895.] 



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Table II. — Concluded. 

 Second Day. 



Average weight of a space, 



.766 pounds. 



Comments on Table II. 



Having noted in Table I. the data, showing the wide dif- 

 ferences existing in the composition of the space as furnished 

 hy different patrons, one has. only to examine Table II. to 

 note equally as wide differences in the weight of the space. 

 One could not fjiil to note these differences when weiuhin«c 

 the different lots of cream, twenty-five spaces from one 

 patron often showing a different weight from a like amount 

 furnished by another. 



Is the Babcoch test reliable 9 



Can a pjound of butter ahvays be 7nade from the same 

 number of sjxtces ? 



In order to illustrate these points, the cream of three 

 patrons was churned separately. No. 1 was a poor cream, 

 No. 2 a good cream and No. 3 a cream of fair quality. The 

 cream was weighed, the number of spaces noted, as well as 

 the per cent, of butter fat it contained. The butter pro- 

 duced from each cream was also weighed, as well as the 

 buttermilk, and tested for the per cent, of butter fat. The 

 per cent, of water in each of the different samples of butter 

 was also determined. 



