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THE COMPLETE GRAZIER. 



BOOK II. 



two of which receive the morning and evening record of each cow. In 

 a final column on the right appears the week's total yield for each cow, 

 and space is also allowed for any remarks. Fractions of a pound are 

 not entered, but 18 Ib. 12 oz. would be recorded as 19 lb., whereas 

 21 lb. 5 oz. would appear as 21 lb., so that a fraction of over half a 

 pound is considered as a whole pound, and a fraction of under half a 

 pound is ignored. 



The need of deducting the weight of the vessel is obviated in such 

 a simple appliance as that of the Dairy Supply Company, illustrated 

 herewith (fig. 51). It is easily movable from place to place, and shows 



Fig. 51. Milk weighing Appliance. 



on the dial the weight in pounds and ounces, as also the measure- 

 ment in gallons and pints. As the pail weighs with the machine, no 

 deduction for it is necessary. 



Every dairy farmer has some idea, as to each of his cows, whether she 

 is a good, a bad, or an indifferent milker, but such knowledge is at 

 best only vague. By the simple means indicated, the character of each 

 cow as a milk-producer is slowly but surely recorded in a manner 

 which is at once exact and definite. 



As such a record affords no information regarding the quality of the 



