cows THAT ARE MILKED BY HAND 



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the milk taken from them is weighed and tested as to its 

 quality from day to day. To do all this is scarcely 

 practicable in the farm dairy. It is practicable, however, 

 to keep a daily record of all the milk given by the cows, 

 and to test the same as often as may be necessary. It 

 may also be possible to keep an approximate record of 



AYRSHIRE COW, DUCHESS OF SMITHFIELD, 4256 



A Great Prize Winner at Eastern State Fairs 



(By courtesy of the owner, Henry R. C. Watson, Brandon, Vt.) 



the food, especially the concentrates, by weighing the same 

 as often as a change is made in the amount fed. Such 

 records make it possible, not only to draw a comparison 

 between the value of the production of the respective 

 cows in the dairy, but to trace the approximate profit, if 

 any, from each cow. Such records will far more than 



