50 AMEBICAN DAIRYING. 



pool with every other patron, as we had no 

 practical way to test milk. I bought cows for 

 a few years to keep up my dairy, but could not 

 get satisfaction and went back to my old plan 

 of raising the heifer calves. The only test I 

 applied was the weight of milk. I was forced 

 to do this, as I could not afford to pool grade 

 Jersey milk with other milk that had been pro- 

 duced with quantity alone in view. I was al- 

 ways in open rebellion against this plan and 

 hunting for some practical test that we could 

 apply to our dairies and to the individual cows 

 in the dairies. I felt all the time that I was a 

 backslider in my work and it irritated me ter- 

 ribly. 



Credit to the scientists. — When Prof. Short 

 of the Wisconsin Experiment Station brought 

 out his test my firm secured one, and later Prof. 

 Patrick's test was purchased, which was a long 

 step in advance. Next came a letter from Prof. 

 W. A. Henry^ asking me to go to Madison and 

 see Dr. Babcock's new test, as he thought he 

 had one that would fill the wants of the dairy- 

 man. He was right, as it has now come into 

 use in all dairy countries. I bought such parts 

 as I could at Madison and got up the first ma- 

 chine used outside the Wisconsin Experiment 

 Station, and we are using it now to do the test 

 work for six creameries. 



Abortion from ergot — treatment. — The 



