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months. The difference in milkers in this re- 

 siject is surprising. There are many milkers 

 whom the owner of the cows cannot afford to 

 have in his employ at any price. 



I test all my cows periodically, and at the 

 same time I test the milkers. This takes no 

 extra time, only in the matter of looking it up, 

 as each milker has his regular cows to milk, 

 and at the end of the season it can very rieadily 

 be calculated how each milker has made his 

 cows "hold out" (as we term it) with their 

 milk. The following figures ' are from my 

 books having the record of the work done dur- 

 ing the winter of 1892-'93: 



Milker No. 1, Dec. 17, 1892, cows gave 356 

 lbs.; Feb. 28, 1893, 258 lbs. 



Milker No. 2, Dec. 17, 1892, cows gave 298 

 lbs.; Feb. 28, 1893, 2U lbs. 



Milker No. 3, Dec. 17, 1892, cows gave 304 

 lbs.; Feb. 28, 1893, 204 lbs. 



Duripg this time the cows of No. 1 shrank 

 98 lbs.. No 2's cows shrank 54 lbs., and No. 3's 

 cows 100 lbs. The per cent of shrinkage was: 

 No. 1, 27 per cent; No. 2, 18 per cent; No. 3, 

 32 per cent. The shrinkage per cow from Dec. 

 17 to Feb. 28 was for No. 1, 7 lbs.; No. 2, 5 lbs., 

 and No. 3, 9^ lbs. 



The milkers in the future will have their rec- 

 ord and will secure employment on it. It will 



