THE DAIRY HERD. 21 



afford to go long without having his cows 

 tested. 



When you buy a Babcock test machine go 

 and see one operated, if there is one in your 

 vicinity. This will show you the simplicity of 

 it and give you confidence. When you are 

 ready to do some testing get a sample of milk 

 and do some trial work with it. Work with it 

 until you can get a half-dozen tests of the same 

 milk to read alike or nearly so. The bottles 

 having been bouglit of some reliable dealer 

 who guarantees them accurate you will soon 

 find your readings of the same milk very near 

 alike. I remember one instance when our lady 

 bookkeeper made twenty- four tests of the same 

 milk and they all read alike. There was not 

 enough difference to change the reading. This 

 work will not only prove profitable but instruc- 

 tive and interesting to a person that is cut out 

 for a dairyman. It must be taken hold of with 

 a grip that will allow of no slipping, and when 

 a cow is found that does not pay a profit sell 

 her for beef, as you are better off without her 

 than with her. I found cows in my dairy that 

 would eat up the profit of another cow that 

 made 265 lbs. of butter annually. 



One cow better than two. — When I had the 

 two cows I made nothing from the two, but 

 when the poor one was sold I had a profit of 

 $13,65 from .the best one. There are thousands 



