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DAIRYING. 



This sheet is usually tacked to a board and kept on a shelf near 

 the weighing scales. Various arrangements have been suggested 

 for keeping this record sheet so as to protect it from dirt, and make 

 the writing of weights convenient for each milker. 



Another way of keeping the records is to give one page or more 

 of a small book to each cow and rule the pages in the following way : 



This has the advantage of keeping all the information about one 

 cow together and the disadvantage of being less convenient to record! 

 the weights on the various pages of a book at milking time than on 

 one blank sheet. 



126. A number of wide mouthed glass bottles holding about four 

 ounces may be provided for taking a sample of each cow's milk. A 

 small amount of powdered bichromate of potash (about as much as 

 will be dipped up on one-fourth inch of a pen knife blade) should be 

 added to each bottle to keep the sample of milk sweet until it may 

 be tested. These bottles should be corked and numbered to cor- 

 respond with the cows. A small sampling dipper will be needed to 

 take a sample of each lot of milk after weighing it. 



127. The complete outfit for testing the cows includes : 



1. A milk weighing scale. 



2. A record sheet or book. 



3. Sample bottles, one for each cow. 



4. Preservative. 



5. A sampling dipper. 



