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milk in a year to pay for the care and feed the farmers gave them. The 

 cows were supported by the sweat of their owner's brow and paid him less 

 than nothing for his labor. 



Some idea of the difference in the value of patron's cows may be formed 

 from the records of the two cows shown in the cuts. The feed and the 

 labor of milking and caring for these two cows were about the same, but 

 one cow produced over forty dollars worth more milk in a year than the 

 other and the milk of the poorer cow did not amount to enough to pay for 

 her feed. t 



In a herd of twelve cows tested for three years the milk of one cow 

 was worth $110.00 more than the feed she ate, while that of five other 

 cows added together only amounted to $114.00 more than their feed. One 

 cow produced nearly as much profit as five cows in the same herd. 



Farmers will shoot crows, woodchucks and other animals that eat 

 their crops without paying for them and why should not the unprofitable 

 cows be disposed of? A pair of scales with a Babcock test will show that 

 some cows are more wasteful of a farmer's labor and crops than any other 

 animal on the place. 



Many farmers supply a creamery or a cheese factory with at least 100 

 pounds of milk per day and receive for their milk in the neighborhood of 

 four hundred dollars a year. This sum surely warrants an investment of 

 ten to fifteen dollars in a milk-tester and the time to use it not only on 

 the cows but to detect any errors in testing that may be made at the factory. 



"Every addition to true knowledge is an 

 addition to human power.' 1 ' 1 



Horace Mann. 



