EXPERIMENTS WITH MILK TESTERS. 
( 
SOURCE OF MILK. 
Per Cent, of Fat. 
Babcock. 
Cochran. 
Shorts. 
Whole milk, Bonnie Louan, Shorthorn, — averages. 
4.56 
4.32 
4.22 
“ “ Orchard Lark, ^ - 
2.65 
2.76 
2.86 
Lizzie Lesley, * l - 
3.80 
3.80 
3.74 
“ “ Kirk. Duchess 29 
2.70 
2.93 
2.95 
Separated milk, from Shorthorn cow,. 
1.80 
1.81 
1.83 
bb it bb bk ll 
1.70 
1.65 
1.83 
bb bb kb kb lb 
1.80 
1.78 
1.83. 
u bb bb lb b< 
1.60 
1.38 
2.01 
Milk, separated very close, from College herd,. 
.20 
.15 
Trace. 
bb bb bb bb bk Ik bb 
.15-1- 
.15 — 
Trace. 
bb «k bb bk Ik bk bb 
.10 — 
O 
1 
Trace. 
kb bb kb b> kk bV bb 
.10-1- 
.10-1- 
Trace. 
Cream, separated, from College- herd,. 
14.35 
14.06 
13.86 
bb bb bb bb. bb 
19.70 
19.68 
19.23 
Cost of Outfit .—The Babcock method for the use of the 
ordinary farmer or small dairyman, or creamery, is manu¬ 
factured in very convenient size, with ten test bottles, at a 
cost of $15.00. It is also made larger for testing more sam¬ 
ples simultaneously. It is not patented, andean this year 
be procured of almost any dairy supply house. We believe 
it to be the best milk tester on the market for practical 
use. On the following page we give a cut of the Babcock 
apparatus, as improved recently by Mr. Curtis: 
