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Table II. — Concluded. 

 Second Day. 



a 

 a 

 o 

 PM 



Patrons 1-9, . 



" 10-18, . 



'« 19-27, . 



" 28-36, . 



.753 

 .798 

 .786 

 .696 



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 

 by dilferent patrons, one has only to examine Table II. to 

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

 One could not fail to note these differences when weio^hino; 

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

 patron often showing a difterent weight from a like amount 

 furnished by another. 



Is the Bahcock test reliable ? 



Can a 2^ound of butter always be made from the same 

 number of sjxices ? 



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. 



