DAIRY INSPECTION 197 
V. SCORE CARDS 
It is important to have some system of recording 
the conditions found on inspection by which the dairy 
farm can be rated and classified according to a certain 
standard. Comparisons can then be made, when desired, 
between different dairy farms and also of the condition 
of the same farm at different times. In addition, the 
rating or classification, together with the details of the 
record, will serve as a basis for an opinion as to the qual- 
ity of milk which may be expected from each farm. These 
ratings, or scores, if published, will also serve as a guide 
to the consumer in purchasing milk. 
The most satisfactory system of this kind is what is 
known as the score-card method. In this method, 100 
is taken as a perfect score and various portions of this 
number are assigned to different parts of the equip- 
ment and methods, according to what is considered to 
be the relative importance of each. Each part of the 
equipment and the various methods are rated or scored 
by the inspector according to the degree with which they 
meet the standard of perfection, and the total of these 
figures constitutes the score for the dairy farm. Sev- 
eral kinds of score cards are in use. There is one pre- 
pared by Dr. W. C. Woodward, health officer of the 
District of Columbia, the originator of the score-card 
system. A score card prepared by Prof. Raymond 
Pearson, known as the Cornell score card, and another 
published by the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry are 
also in rather general use. These three score cards are 
printed on the following pages: 
