96 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



By means of the methods given, any person of ordinary 

 intelligence and skill, can, with a little practice, readily deter- 

 mine the value of milk quite accurately. 



All lactometer readings must be taken before the milk is 

 sour. Quite a number of formulas have been made for esti- 

 mating solids not fat from the specific gravity and the per cent 

 of fat. The table here given is made from one published by 

 Dr. Babcock, in the report of the Wisconsin Agricultural 

 Experiment Station for 1895. 



The apparatus for these tests can be obtained from most 

 dealers in dairy supplies. The Quevenne lactometer should 

 ahvavs be ordered to use with the table given. 



