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results ; but in these cases generally the milk of a few cows 

 only was analyzed, and the result does not indicate quality 

 for the whole breed as accurately as the more practical tests 

 made with the cheese-vat and churn, using the milk of many 

 cows. To begin with, we know Holland exports millions of 

 pounds of butter annually, and this butter is frequently 

 quoted at the highest price in English markets, competing 

 with Jersey and Guernsey butter. We are told it has been 

 sold for one dollar per pound. This is a good, wholesale 

 indorsement for quality, as far as the Holland product is 

 concerned. 



In America many analyses of Holstein milk have been 

 made, and inasmuch as the first one published is a fair crite- 

 rion of all, we will refer to that one only. Winthrop W. 

 Chenery sent four samples of milk from his Holsteins to 

 Prof. A. A. Hayes, Massachusetts State Assayer, to be 

 analyzed. Professor Hayes says : "The cans containing the 

 evening milking of the cows reached me early on the fol- 

 lowing morning. Each can was sealed and accompanied by 

 a certificate of Mr. George H. Nichols, superintendent of 

 Mr. Chenery 's farm, who had put the milk in the cans. On 

 opening the cans immediately, the milk in each was found 

 fresh and cool, and its delicate organization uninjured. All 

 the samples at 60° F. were from one-half to one degree 

 above the average of Orange County milk by lactometer. 



' ' One thousand parts by volume afforded the following 

 weights of constituents in samples : — 



