I. 
The Best JVIilk Tester for the Practical Use of 
the Farmer and Dairyman. 
WALTER J. QUICK. 
That time is the present when intelligent farmers and 
dairymen, like other business men, have discovered the 
noteworthy fact, that those who make the greatest suc¬ 
cess, do so by means of that enterprise which introduces 
or adopts and manipulates into practical utility the most 
approved methods. Being ever ready for the many and 
rapid modifications of this advanced age, enables one to 
place the balance on the right side, perpetuate his busi¬ 
ness and crown it a success. Those men who lead are 
ever on the alert for the new, at the same time, the tried 
and the best, and do not wait until every one has 
acquired it and reaped the benefit accruing from its 
adoption. Just now, during the rapid progress of the 
present century, a simple and practical method for the 
reliable valuation of milk should be in general use. 
Numerous methods have been introduced, and are 
being employed for ascertaining the amount of butter fat 
in milk. The poorest is better than none. Churning each 
cows milk separate will detect unprofitable animals. It is 
certainly quite as important for the dairyman to know 
what quality of milk he buys, as for the owners of a beet 
sugar factory, or a smelter, to ascertain by analysis or 
assay the quality of the product they purchase. The 
farmer, too, wants to know the quality of the milk he 
