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Iht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 13, 1919 
Tricks of the Dairy Test 
Fooling the Public and the Cow 
The Charlie Cole trick simply goes to 
prove that frauds will appear iu all lines 
of business where heavy inducements in¬ 
cite the crime. The only sure way to get 
ahead of the cow test frauds is to know 
your mau, and this seems to mean know¬ 
ing both the owner and the manager of 
the herd. But what about abnormal tests 
which do not involve direct fraud? 
Thoughtful men have felt for years that 
the weakness of the official seven-day tests 
was the very short period during which 
the cow was under test. Yet the breed¬ 
ers of Holsteius, especially, have stuck 
to this plan of testing until it has be¬ 
come very popular. What has made it 
popular? In the main, the low cost, as 
compared with the annual or semi-annual 
test. But this is not the eole reason 
why breeders have made such a drive 
with the seven-day tests. Much experience 
and many methods of feeding and care 
have shown that the cow can be juggled, 
and in a sense made to deceive herself. 
The cow, like the human, seems to be cap¬ 
able of being fooled part of the time, but 
not all of the time. It is a well-known 
fact that fl cow’s milk is pretty uniform, 
as to the fat content, over a period of 
weeks or months, but the fat content may 
be subject to rather wide variation over a 
few days’ time. This fact has been 
taken advantage of to secure high tests. 
For example, it is a well-known practice 
with some breeders to crowd fat onto their 
animals that are to be tested, when the 
cows are dry, and then to “sweat it off” 
by heavy blanketing and heavy feeding 
within a few weeks after calving, while 
the official test is being made. I have 
known breeders who claimed that the cow 
under such conditions as just stated would 
start off the first day of the test period 
with a fat test of 4 5 or 4.6 per cent, and 
inside of three or four days drop in test 
to 3.4 or 3.5 per cent, where she normally 
belonged. With the naturally heavy milk 
flow so soon after calving and a test at 
least 1 per cent above the normal, the 
cow might for a few days easily add a 
pound of butter a day to her week’s pro¬ 
duct above what she would have pro¬ 
duced under normal conditions. 
Yet this method of “fooling the cow” 
and of fooling the public has simply been 
looked upon as “sharp practice.” As far 
as the writer can learn, no one has ever 
been accused of fraud or deception for 
following this method. Yet buyers con¬ 
tinue to judge the worth of animals they 
may have under consideration on the basis 
of just this class of test. Why. it is hard 
to tell. No sprint tests, iu other forms 
of contest, have ever been considered 
worth much as a basis of real merit. 
I once asked a noted breeder of Hol- 
steins to tell me why the Holstein breed¬ 
ers placed such high value on the seven- 
day test when it was self-evident that so 
short a test could not tell what a cow 
could do as a yearly test could. Ilis re¬ 
ply was this: “Just as long a> the buy¬ 
ing public is willing to fix the value of 
the cow by the seven-day test, just so 
long will the breeders use that test.” Here, 
then, is a clear clue as to how to get away 
from the short-time test. Let the buyers 
insist on the yearly test and the breeders 
will come to it. 
Another practice that has been com¬ 
monly reported to be iu v^e by some men 
is the giving of stimulants and drugs to 
induce a high test. The use of stimulants 
was known as far back as the W or Id s 
Fair in 1893. The owner of one of the 
high-testing cow* told the writer many 
years after the test, that his cow had a 
half pint of brandy every day while being 
fitted for the test. It is commonly report¬ 
ed in certain dairy sections that with 
many breeders who have been running of¬ 
ficial tests the use of drugs is a frequent 
practice. If such practices are a matter 
of fact they would not be likely to be fol¬ 
lowed iu the case of long-period tests, as 
the long-time use of powerful stimulants 
would be 1 likely to ruin the cow. Here 
again would be an advantage iu urging 
the use of long period tests, an advantage 
both to the buying public and to the breed¬ 
ers of choice stock. Charles shepherd. 
Increasing Butter Fat 
What do you advise me to do for a dairy 
of Holstein cows whose milk i* testing 3.1 
and 3.2 while price paid by condensery is 
made at \ standard of 3.0 per cent? The 
cows ar on grass; no grain is fed. and 
pasture is low land. Dairy is milked 
Summer and Winter, so some are nearly 
dry while others are freshening. I can 
raise some higher testing cows, but want 
something practical to do now. f. r. r. 
New York. 
It is n >t possible to increase the butter- 
fat to any appreciable degree by making 
changes or modifications iu the grain ra¬ 
tion fed to milch cows. Instances are 
frequent where cows in high condition 
have been known to yield milk holding a 
higher percentage of butterfat than ob¬ 
tains in instances where they are thin 
and near the flush of their lactation pe¬ 
riod. If I had a herd of Holstein cows 
yielding milk testing 3.1 and 3.2 per cent 
and the basis for determining prices was 
milk testing 1.6 per cent I would imme- 
ditely purchase a sufficient number of 
Guernsey cows in order to have the milk 
test a higher percentage of butterfat, mix¬ 
ing the Guernsey with the Holstein milk, 
thus bringing the mixed milk up to the 
3.6 per cent butterfat basis. In other 
words. I would rely upon my Ilolsteins 
for quantity of milk and upon my Guern¬ 
seys for color and butterfat. both being 
essentials for market milk. You would 
find that this would be the best way of 
meeting the conditions. Of course cows 
will test a higher percentage of butterfat 
during the end of their lactation period 
as their flow decreases, and there is much 
to be gained by having the cows freshen 
intermittently during the season : that is, 
instead of having all the cows freshen 
in the Spring, string them out so you 
will have some fresh cows and some cows 
well along iu their lactation period 
throughout the year. I am firm in my 
belief that the best way of bringing up 
the butterfat is by the addition of Guern¬ 
sey cows, whose milk tests from 4.2 to 6 
per ceut butterfat. Do not fool yourself 
by trying to increase the butterfat by 
making modifications iu the grain ration. 
Holstein Prices 
On page 1248. T. S. G.. West' Corn¬ 
wall, Conn., refers to my article on page 
1164 as “out of date.” He evidently 
missed the point I made. The two sales 
I quoted antedated the sale in Britain, and 
were not intended to give the high mark 
in sales, only up to the date of the Brit¬ 
ish sale. ‘ o. A. LOG AX. 
New England ram sale will be held in 
Springfield, Mass., on the Eastern States 
Exposition Grounds, September 19 at 1 
p. m. Excellent rams of the Southdown, 
Shropshire, Hampshire, Cheviot. Delaine, 
Dorset and Rambouillet breeds have been 
consigned. Any sheepman needing a ram 
would do well to attend this sale. 
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BERKSHIRES 
Reg. Berkshire Boars 
Sire—Huntington Superbus Lad No. 244531. 
HUNTINGTON VALLEY FARM 
Htotixgton Milks - Luzkrkk Co., Pa. 
Berkshires For Sale 
Four Boar and Three Sow Pigs 
Good husky ones. Farrowed July 31st, 1919. 
From “Webb Farms” stock. For prices apply to 
".WESTMOOR FARM," - Nantucket, Mass. 
SPRINGBANK BERKSHIRES 
I offer February and March farrowed boar l’igs, 
nearly ready for service, weighing 100 lbs., of the 
big type, with quality; By Symboleer's Superb 
and Duke’s Champion 22nd < registered and 
crated. They are not fat but healthy. Address 
J. E. WATSON - Marbledale, Conn. 
Large Type Reg. Berkshires 
of all ages. Also registetod Jersey male calves. Select 
you a breeder from a 14-pig litter. Bay no cash until 
you get the stock. DAVID WIANT, Huntington Mills, Pa. 
Big Type BERKSHIRES 
See my herd at the Conn., New York, East¬ 
ern Exposition and Trenton Inter-State Fairs. 
Public Sale, Oct. 25,1919—30 bears, 30 gilts 
Entire offering cholera immune. 
C. H. CARTER, Wliitguern Farm, West Chester, Pa. 
REGISTERED 
Berkshires 
15 Bred sows and gilts. Spring Boars and fall pigs. 
H. GRIMSHAW - North East, Pa. 
BERKSHIRES 
| SWINE 
Flintstone BERKSHIRES 
Chester Whites 
OF QUALITY 
AVe offer a few grandsons of White Rock, 
farrowed in March. Their sire as a year¬ 
ling, weighs close to 500 lbs. Also take 
orders .for sows and gilt.s’of the'best blood 
lines, which will be bred to Brambletye 
Falcon and Rajah’s-Wildwooil for spring 
farrow. 
BRAMBLETYE FARM, Sctauket, L. I„ N. Y. 
Yorkshire Pigs 
PROLIFIC STRAIN OF HI5AVY FEEDERS. 
FOUNDATION STOCK FOR ESTABLISH HD 
BREEDERS OR BEGINNERS AT REASONABLE 
PRICES* Personal care assures intellioent selection 
H. C. BARTON SO. AMHERST, MASS. 
Flintstone Columbia 8th 
Size-Pro!ificacy-Type. See our entry 
at Eastern Berkshire Show and Sale, 
Springfield, Mass., Sept. 15-20. Open 
and bred gilts, bred sows for sale at all 
times. All stock registered, immunized. 
Satisfaction Guaranteed 
Flintstone Farm, Dalton, Mass. 
BRANDRETH LAKE FARM 
OFFERS FOR SALE—Registered Chester White sow ami 
boar pigs, till ages. Reg. stock nt two months, $20 ea.. 
grade pigs. $15. Write for prices on line grade sows, bred 
or open, also rrg. sows. Let us know whnjt you want. 
BitAN1IKETII LAKE FARM, Brniidreth, N. V. 
Extra Good Chester White Pigs 
for breeding purposes. We offer high-class stock 
and ship only the Itest. Prices very reasonable con¬ 
sidering tho quality of pigs we have to sell. 
D, H. MOSEMANN, R.l, Box 144. Lancaster, Pa, 
LOCUST VALLEY FARM 
BERKSHIRES 
RUSSELL GRINNELL, Owner 
EXETER, RHODE ISLAND 
Special Offering for September 
Reg. Pigs, 10 weeks to 4 months 
SIZE—QUALITY—BREEDING 
2 Selected Young Boars 
Address, WALTER JAUNCEY, Jr., Mgr. 
Pure Bred C>. X. 0 . 
July ami August farrow. Shipped at six-wks.-old. 
A nice lot of hoars. Price, $9 or $10 registered. 
ARTHUR R. FREEMAN, Pulaski, N.Y. 
Dam tT\ I O 3 by Schoolmaster tilth 
neg. U.I.V/.oOWb dam, by AboOOth; April 
10th Farrow. 860 each. 3 May lOili by son ot Galloway Ed. 
Hubert C. Beardsley, Montour Falls, N. Y. 
Reg. Chester White Pigs 
G wk. old, $13 each, $35 pair; $35 trio; not akin. 
Spring Gilts and Boars, fl. fl SCHOFELl, Heuvelton, N.Y 
Reg. Chester White Boar Pigs 
4-inos. old. $30; 0 from littor 14, $35. Satisfaction 
guaranteed or money refunded. Cash or C. O. I). 
Harry Vail, Jr., New Milford,Orange Co.,N.Y. 
Prolific 
For Sale Chester White PUsiToM! 
Sows or Boars. (JEO. HENSCIIKN, Washington, N. J. 
Berkshires 
Only a few of these boar and sow pigs loft, sired by 
a son of the great Longfellow's Double, Rival Long¬ 
fellow 20th, No. 23809.), and bis son, Karlia's Duke 
Longfellow 3rd, No. 207474. and out of our large pro¬ 
lific. Sows- they are tho kind that feed right, breed 
right, are right. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
tCARHA FARM 
CEO. L. BARKER, Supt. 
Parks ville, Sullivan Co., N. Y. 
improved Chester Whiles 
$15 to $30. Geo. F. Grlffie, R. No. 3, Newville, Pa. 
For Sale-Four Duroc-Jersey Gilts 
Weight 70 IDs. to 200 lbs. Thrifty, Registered Stock. 
W. L. MERRILL. Cumberland Center, Maryland 
Sunnyside Durocs 
vice boars. Booking orders lor fall pigs. J. E. van Alstyne, Kinderhook, N.Y. 
Fnr blp Ififl pipe CHESTER WHITES 
rOr oaie lUv! “Ig5 and berkshires 
Six weeks old. #5 each, ready to ship. Twenty 
cents per pig additional for crates, which will be 
refunded when crates are returned. Issue money 
orders on Oushore, Pa. P.0. ROUSE BROS. New Albany, Pa. 
REGISTERED 
! BERKSHIRES ! 
■ 2 
; Epochal Strain. Aug. and Sept. pigs. Selectod : 
j stock tor breeders lor shipment when 8 wits. S 
l old. Boars, #15; Sows, #‘40. Service Boars. | 
i| MIDDLEBKOOK FARM, Allenhurst, N. J. : 
TAMWORTiLnd HAMPSHIRE SWINE 
write or visit REYNOI.DS-LYBROOK FARMS COMPANY 
Successor to Westview Stock Farm 
It. 1 Wiiistoii-iSuli-m. \. C. 
SHEEP 
Choice Berkshires 
We have some extra nice young 
boars, sows and gilts of Masterpiece 
and Double Champion 33rd breed¬ 
ing at prices that are right. 
Webh Farms, Box R, Clinton Corners, N.Y. 
PLEASANT RIDGE STOCK FARM 
Seneca Co., Interlaken, N. Y. 
Attain on the front seat with a strong bunch of Kaml>ouillet, 
Delaine, Dorset end Cheviot Ham#. Also Duroc 8Wine, nil ages. 
1 2 Reg. Shropshire Yearling Ramslof* 
Imported ram. Good ones. FRED VAN YEKEJ, Lodi, N. V. 
LastGallfor Youto Get Your Catalogue l 0 6 f ni the 
pure bred rant sale at the Eastern .States Exposi¬ 
tion. H. E. UASLETT, Amherst, Mass. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES 
AT HIGHWOOD: 
SIZE, CONSTITUTION, PROLIFICACY Our First Consideration 
That this policy is in accord with popular demand 
is indicated by the fact that during the past twenty 
years wo have sold more registered Berkshires than 
any other three breeders in the United States. 
Special offering of boars and boar pigs. 
H, C. & H. B. HARPENDING. Box 15, Dundee. N. Y. 
QEG. SHIiOPSHIRES. RAMS ANI) EWES 
ll FOR SALE. Stevens Bros. WILSON, N. Y. 
Sa°le Shropshire and Southdown Rams itV%°&25£- 
able prices. L M. COLBERT'S SONS, Ka.t fhaih.m, N. I. 
125 Sheep and Lambs £$“«,• 7£ ku*a® 
ono time. BEACON FARM, Northport, L I., N.Y 
For Sale— Reg. Shropshire Rams aUT* 
few Ewes. Walter B. Saxton, Venice Centre. N Y 
Anedjo Berkshires 
Are bred for size and quality combined 
The big, mellow, easy feeding type, with neat heads, 
broad backs and E X T It A II KAV Y II A M 8. 
Foundation herds, service boars, brood son-sand pigs. 
it. M. TERWILLIGER, Mgr. Anedjo Farm,Webster. Mass. 
Registered Band C Type Delaine Merino Rams 
FOR SALE. L. M. Adams, Eisle Bridue, N. Y 
CnrC.U Re*. HAMPSHIRE KIIEEP, It X MS und 
I 0 r 0 a IB ewes. Apply OPHIK HUM, I’nrrliair, N. V. 
Shropshire Ram Lambs «f.o. k. e Mto>opi«. r. 
For Sale-One Thoroughbred SOUTHDOWN RAM 
two youi’S old. HENRIETTA L. EXXON, R. 0-, Hampton, N. J. 
Two Very High Class Berkshire Sows XVtofw- 
rowin September. $90 each, Reg and transferr¬ 
ed. Also some very nice Spring pigs, either sex, $30 
each, Keg. ARDMORE FARM. Glen Spey, Sullivan Co . N.Y. 
For Sale IttSd-cj Shropshire Yearling Rams 
well wooled with proud head covering. Also Ham and Kwa 
I.amhH. Address IJCIIOY C. BOWEIt, Houle 9, LudlowTlIle, N.Y. 
Rai-boltirac FOR BREEDERS, fl weeks old. Either 
DcrKSnilCO sex: 810 ouch. Trios not akin. 
CLOVEKDALK FARM, Charlotte, N. Y. 
For Sale Choice Lot of Registered Tunis Rams 
Literature Free. J. N. McPHERSON. Scottsville, N V. 
j SWINE | 
For Sale-a^i'V yVA" 1 ! no RambouiletteRams 
$40 and up; registered. A few large Shropshire 
ram lambs from imported owes. 
Hubert C. Beardsley, Montour Falls, N.Y. 
Reef P iland Chinas and Durocs 
best weste.n blood. Offer for Sept, and Oct. farrow 
sows from #80 and up. Also service boars from 
#55 and up. FAIRHOPF FARMS. Bo* 7, Berkshire, N Y. 
Karakul Rams and Ewes JsVSo 
Better ones higher. Skins nt birth worth more 
than ordinary sheep ut maturity. Best mutton 
Also 100 good breeding owes, #1,200. 
CLARE GREGORY, Mt. Vision, New York 
Big Type POLAND CHINAS 
Special prices on Registered boars 3 to 5 months old this 
month. Write quick for special prices. 
O. S. HALL - - Fanudale, Ohio 
Reg. Hampshire Down Ewes 
Ewes. For Sale. KLLIS 11 (.11’. Gladstone, N. »J. 
POLAND CHINA PIGS 
bit, ICNOX Hox 50 Danbury, Conn. 
When you write advertisers mention 
The Rural New-Yorker and you’ll get I 
a quick reply and a “square deal.” See 
guarantee editorial page. 
C POM to POLAND CHINA HOSS. The kind your daddies raised, 
0 Large, vigorous and prolific. Safeat-rivai ami satisfao. 
tiou guaranteed. MOUNTAIN HOME STOCK FARM, RuikIIvHI., Kj. 
