THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
620 
1911. 
THAT CELEBRATED GUERNSEY CASE. 
Did Missy Give Nine per Cent Milk ? 
Part II. 
In addition to the testimony given last 
week regarding that sample of milk 
Prof. C. H. Eckles, of Missouri, said: 
The analysis that you cite does not 
seem to me to be a thoroughly typical 
one. The ash content is low of the normal 
milk, that is, low of the average. The 
proteids seem to me low in comparison 
with the fat content, and the solids not 
fat, which usually rise with the increase of 
fat and are usually in rich milk cows above 
rather than below 9 per cent—are .2 per 
cent below that point. 
We shall see all through this that 
these experts regard this milk as abnor¬ 
mal because the per cent of solids other 
than fat is proportionately low. Prof. 
E. H. Farrington, of Wisconsin, is an¬ 
other high authority. He says: 
The cow’s record which you sent im¬ 
presses me as either that of a freak cow or 
the taking of the sample was not satisfac¬ 
tory. Before accepting .such records I 
should want to be perfectly sure that the 
cow was normal, and that the samples 
were properly taken. I should think that 
when the first samples received from this 
cow were obtained, and the analysis Showed 
them to be so unusual in composition, steps 
would have been taken to have future 
samples taken in the presence of several 
parties, and all tests thereof carefully 
authenticated by reliable persons, espe¬ 
cially assigned to this piece of work. 
Dr. E. H. Jenkins, of Connecticut, 
states that he has not made a recent 
study of milk and cream analysis, but 
that he should trust the judgment of 
such men as Dr. Babcock, Dr. Hills and 
others. So we think, would any un¬ 
prejudiced person who knows anything 
about milk. Here are six of the high¬ 
est authorities in the country who prac¬ 
tically agree in the opinion that this 
sample of milk had either been tampered 
with or was very suspicious. In addition 
to this the analysis which we printed 
last week shows that when extra cream 
because the vast majority of dairymen 
and breeders will easily see that any 
such record is judge-made rather than 
cow-made. We will now take up the 
committee's report and see how they jus¬ 
tify it. _ 
THAT HEN CONTEST. 
On page 480 we printed the first re- J 
port of the hen feeding contest which | 
Mr. W. J. Dougan is conducting. That 
report covered the first fifteen days of 
March. We now have the second report 
for the remaining sixteen days of that 
month. 
Record of Ten Wyandottes. 
Report No. 2. 
I herewith submit report of the White 
Wyandottes running in contest; during the 
last 16 days of March they were fed or had 
placed in hoppers: 
Per cwt. 
16 lbs cracked corn at.$1.25 .20 
6% lbs. wheat screenings at. . 1.55 .10 
6 lbs. mixed feed (cooked) at. 1.55 .09 
5 lbs bran at. 1.70 .09 
5 lbs beef scraps at.2.85 .14 
3% lbs. oats at.bag 1.50 .07 
2 cabbages at.each .05 .10 
.79 
During that time they laid 56 eggs, eight 
of which were too light bodied to set, and 
were sold at 45 cents per dozen. Set 28 
eggs during same time. Total eggs laid, 
107 ; total set during month, 67 ; total eggs 
sold, 14; chickens hatched, 14; 23 chicks 
dead in shell. 
In the former report the feed cost 
$1.17. This cost is figured at the amount 
put in the feed hoppers. Some of it 
will, of course, be left over from week 
to week. We have, therefore, during 
March a feed bill of $1.96 and a record 
of 107 eggs. These eggs cost 1.83 cent J 
each. At the price which Mr. Dougan 
receives these eggs would have brought 
$4.01. As it stands he has received 52 
cents and has fourteen chickens. 
Record of Ten White Leghorns. 
Report No. 2. 
During the last 16 days of March they 
were fed or had placed in hoppers : 
Per cwt. 
16 lbs. cracked corn at. . . . 
-$1.25 
.20 
6% lbs. wheat screenings 
at. . 1.85 
.12 
5 lbs. bran at. 
.08 
5 lbs. beef scrap at. 
_2.S5 
.14 
4 lbs. mixed feed at. 
_ 1.55 
.06 
3% lbs oats at.per 
hag 1.50 
.07 
2 cabbages at. 
each .05 
.10 
.77 
was added to a genuine five per cent 
milk the product contained just about 
the same per cent of solids not fat, ash 
and protein as the sample which pur¬ 
ported to be Missy’s milk! This must 
be regarded as evidence that the milk 
had been tampered with or substituted 
in some way. Mr. Hammond is a lawyer 
accustomed to sifting and analyzing 
evidence. Suppose he had a murder case 
During the same time they laid 65 eggs, 
AO of which were too light bodied to set, 
'wnd were sold for 45 cents per dozen. Set 
41 eggs during that time; total eggs laid 
for month, 112; total set, 88; one broken; 
total eggs sold, 16; chickens hatched, 16; 
two dead in shell. 
The last report of feed cost was 83 
cents, which makes $1.60 for March. As 
the Leghorns laid 112 eggs, the cost per 
egg was 1.42 cent each. Had they all 
been sold the income would have been 
$4.20. The actual returns thus far are 
60 cents and sixteen chickens. 
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which hinged upon the character of 
blood or the analysis of poisons, and the 
best experts he could find gave similar 
testimony regarding these matters. 
Would he wave it all aside or consider 
it reasonably suspicious? We must re¬ 
member that the public is asked to be¬ 
lieve that Missy gave after milking 11 
months 1,151.2 pounds of milk in 30 days 
and that it all averaged 9.07 per cent 
of butter fat! Our understanding is that 
whenever this cow and her test partner 
Glenanaar were openly tested by out¬ 
siders—their milk at once fell to about 
five per cent fat. In no case, as we 
understand it, has either cow given any 
of this nine per cent milk when openly 
watched for any length of time by un¬ 
interested parties. If this statement is 
not correct we call upon Air. Hammond 
to set us right. That is why we insist 
that the way to settle this matter is to 
have these cows “come back” and give 
some more of that liquid butter. That 
as we look at it is what that committee 
should have done. They had the strong¬ 
est scientific evidence that the sample of 
milk on which the record was based was 
abnormal and suspicious. They must 
have realized what it meant to the 
Guernsey Cattle Club and the Guernsey 
cow to have any possibility of suspicion 
hanging over this test. It seems to us 
nonsense to say that if this cow can go 
on month after month giving milk from 
six to nine per cent butter fat she can¬ 
not do it again even with a small quan¬ 
tity of milk. The fact, as Mr. Ham¬ 
mond states, that he secured an injunc¬ 
tion which in effect compelled the Guern¬ 
sey Club to print these records, places 
the test in a worse position than ever 
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