APPENDIX IV. 



The following plan for estimating the quality of dairy 

 farm conditiDus, and for making it possible to compare farms, 

 was originated and arranged b.y R. A. Pearson, Professor of 

 Dairy lndustr\' at Cornell rnivcrsit\'. 



Till' score card idcn has Ixm'ii extensively employed in 

 jiidiiing animals, plants, seeds, etc.. l)iit this is the first adapta- 

 tion of this principle to the judging of such a complex ol)ject 

 as a (hiiry farm, including all of the factors that enter into 

 the production of sanitary milk. A special feature of this 

 scheme is the division into groups; a low score in any group 

 renders the -whole inferior, no matler how excellent the other 

 groups may l)e. 



The general idea is an excellent one; it enabli^s the in- 

 sjiector to record in convenient Form a summary of the result 

 of his inspection and, by this means, a comparison can readily 

 he made between the conditions of a farm at different times. 

 Some practice is required to obtain the best results from the 

 use of this method. 



