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THE CREAMERY PATRON S HAND BOOK. 



questions in which a great majority of the creamery and cheese factory pa- 

 trons of the country are interested. Probably very few farmers realize 

 that there is so great a difference in the production of the different cows 

 in a herd, as these tests show to be the case. The cows, however, are 

 undoubtedly a fair representation of the one million cows that produce the 

 butter and cheese of Wisconsin. In these tests the cows were all measured 

 by the same standard, the weight and test of the milk for a year. 



The extreme variations in the butter value of the cows of the different 

 farmers is shown in the following table : 



Table showing variations during one year in the butter value of the cows in 



patrons' herds. 



*Figures are not given because patrons did not bring milk to the creamery during 

 the entire year; samples of each cow's milk were, however tested. 



If, as stated by each farmer, that he fed all his cows in the same way, and 

 the time and labor of milking and feeding the cows was approximately the 

 same for both good and poor cows, it follows that it did not cost any more 

 to feed the best than the poorest cows in the herd. The information furnished 



