Dairy  Cattle  and  the  Butter  Test. 
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I I first  assisted  at  one  of  these  competitions  at  the  Show 
I held  by  the  English  Jersey  Cattle  Society,  for  Jerseys,  at 
, Kempton  Park,  in  the  spring  of  1890.  I did  little  beyond 
; seeing  that  the  cattle  were  milked  out,  and  the  milks  taken  to 
j the  dairy  tent,  but  I have  a lively  recollection  of  the  noise 
j made  by  the  separator,  and  of  the  time  taken  in  passing  the 
milk  through  that  machine.  Recalling  the  scene  on  that  day 
i and  comparing  it  with  similar  work  now,  when  with  steam 
Fig.  1. — Shorthorn.  Milk  x 500  diam. 
turbine  separators,  dealing  with  nearly  double  the  quantities 
of  milk  per  minute,  there  is  scarcely  any  sound,  one  cannot 
wish  for  a better  illustration  of  the  advance  that  has  taken 
place  generally  in  all  matters  connected  with  dairying. 
At  Kempton  Park,  Mr.  Hall  added  a gill  of  butter-milk  to 
each  lot  of  cream  to  act  as  a “ starter,”  but  this  practice  has 
not  been  continued,  as  objections  have  been  taken,  and  perhaps 
