FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION Z'6 



present in milk can be determined so easily and so accurately as 

 is the case with the Babcock test, there is no reason why a farmer 

 should not know what kind of milk his cows are producing. 



According to statements made this morning, twenty-five 

 per cent of the cows of this state are not paying for their board. 

 How about your cows? Are they included in this twenty-five 

 per cent ? Weigh and test your milk. 



Cream separators, hand and power, have been known to get 

 out of adjustment. The speed has not been correct, the bear- 

 ings have become worn, the cream adjustment screw has slipped 

 or one of a hundred other things has happened. Too high a 

 percentage of fat is going into the skim milk. Maybe, it is your 

 machine. How are you to know? Test your skim milk by 

 means of a Babcock tester. 



Unfortunately all men are not honest in their dealings. 

 Some of the dishonest ones may be in the cream buying business. 

 Cases have been known of a cream buyer over-reading the Bab- 

 cock test to gain new customers and under-reading the test of old 

 patrons, in order to even up. He stole from John to pay Harry. 

 Is the man to whom you sell cream perfectly square with you? 

 How are you to know? Test your cream by the Babcock way. 



What is the Babcock test? What is the principle on which 

 it is based? How is the work done. Is it possible for a farmer 

 to test his cows by the method? These questions I will try to 

 answer. 



Milk, according to law, is the fresh, clean lacteal secretion 

 obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, 

 properly fed and kept, and contains not less than eight and one- 

 half percent of solids not fat and not less than three percent of 

 fat. No person, firm or corporation shall offer for sale, or sell 

 to any person, firm or corporation, creamery or cheese factory, 

 any unclean, unhealthy, unwholesome or adulterated milk or 

 cream or any milk or cream which has not been well cooled or 

 to which water or any foreign substance has been added, or milk 

 or cream which has been handled o^ transported in unclean or 

 unsanitary vessels or containers : Provided, that nothing in this 

 section shall be construed to prevent the sale of skim milk to 



