CHAPTER III. 



THE BABCOCK MILK TEST. 

 (by b. h. fareington.) 



One thing that surprised the writer during 

 his six months of milk testing at the World's 

 Fair was the ignorance displayed by so many 

 agricultural visitors in regard to the Babcock 

 test. Many had never heard of it. 



Satisfactory to scientists. — When the in- 

 ventor gave this method of milk testing tq the 

 public it was first tried by chemists of experi- 

 ment stations or persons who were somewhat 

 familiar with the chemical actions involved in 

 the process. They found the results obtained 

 by it were accurate as compared with those of 

 the gravimetric methods they had previously 

 used for getting the per cent of fat in milk; 

 and to them the making of a test was wonder- 

 fully simple. The directions first sent out by 

 Dr. Babcock with the test were sufl&cient in- 

 structions for that class of workers to get good 

 results. 



Not automatic. — As its field of usefulness 

 broadened and the men who milked the cows 



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