Circular No. 9. September 19C7. 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DEPARTMENT OF PLANT AND ANIMAL CHEMISTRY. 



RULES RELATIVE TO TESTING DAIRY COWS. 



GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. 



The Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station working in 

 conjunction with the va,'rious " breed " associations will conduct, when 

 possible, official tests of pure bred cows on the following conditions : 



1. Two weeks notice of a desired test must be given the Station. 

 All necessary costs in connection with a test, including time at $2.00 

 to $2.50 a day, traveling expenses, breakage, affidavits, supervision 

 and clerical work, shall be paid for immediately upon receipt of 

 statement, as the Station has no funds to advance for this work. 



2. The owner of the stock must care for the supervisor during the 

 test and when necessary convey him to and from the railroad station 

 or car line. 



3. Only cows which are entered in the herdbook of the breed to 

 which they belong are eligible to advanced registry. 



4. There must be an interval of at least six days* between calving 

 and the commencement of an official test. 



DUTIES OF THE SUPERVISOR. 



I. The supervisor shall not be held responsible for the identity 

 of any cow tested, but shall accept the statement of the owner or his 

 representative as to her name and registration number. The super- 

 visor, however, shall state whether the cow answers her registered 

 description, if the same has been furnished him ; otherwise he will 



*The A. G. C. C. requires an interval of fourteen days and the Holstein-Frisian Associa- 

 tion an interval of four days before a seven day test can be started. 



