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you did not know her breed you could not tell within one or two 

 per cent of how much her milk tested were you to see a sample 

 of it. The only way to determine the true measure of the cow 

 is to use a scale each time the cow is milked and test her milk- 

 one or two days out of each month. It does not take long to do 

 this, and it is the only method of determining accurately the real 

 merits of the cow from the dairyman's standpoint, and it is well 

 worth while. Study the history of every great cow and you will 

 find that at some time in her life she or some of her offspring 

 were sacrificed because her real value had not at that time been 

 determined. 



Remember that in the United States farmers are milking 

 14,000,000 cows no one of which makes anybody a profit, and 

 that on the average farm in this country somebody is wasting 

 27.2 days every year. 



By the use of sound judgment in determining the develop- 

 ment of the essential points for butter production and the use 

 of the scales and test, this great waste of feed and labor can 

 be eliminated. 



