No. 4.] BABCOCK MILK TESTER. 297 



The Babcock Mit^k Tester; its Vaeue a:nt> 



Importaxce to the Producer and 



Dealer ix Saee Milk. 



BY Ml£. GKOKGE M. WllITAKER, ACTING EXECUTIVE OlFICEK OE THE 

 DAIRY r.UREAU. 



The dairy literature which the Babcock milk tester has 

 suggested has been almost entirely in the interests of the 

 l)utter maker. Differences in the butter product of different 

 cows have been emphasized, and many cows have been 

 shown to be unprofitable ; this has enabled the dairyman 

 to weed out inferior animals and secure a greater produc- 

 tion of butter at less cost and, in some cases, with fewer 

 animals. This test has also made possible a more careful 

 study of the by-products of the dairy (skim-milk and but- 

 termilk), which has helped the butter producer to prevent 

 waste and to carr}' on his work with greater profit. 



But this valuable process can be of much service in the 

 sale milk business, especially where large cities have made 

 the production of sale milk an industry of great magnitude. 

 Though the farmer who produces milk for market may not 

 find the Babcock tester of as much value as does his butter- 

 making brother, yet it can be of more importance on the 

 milk farm than has been commonly supposed. These milk 

 testers are now so cheap that they are within the means of 

 any one who has considerable interests at stake in the pro- 

 ducing, selling or buying of milk. They can be of great 

 service to the milk seller, and even to the purchaser, as 

 well as to the producer. By the use of the Babcock tester 

 hotels, restaurants, public institutions and other users of 

 milk can ordinarily be assured of the <|uality of the milk 

 they buy. With the Babcock tester the retail peddler can 

 keep track of the (juality of the milk lie sells, and thus 

 ward oft' all fears of inspectors; he can, if he wishes, guar- 



