Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-01-10

one who has anything to do with fast
I horses admits the absolute necessity of
the speed ring and the stop watch. The
united expressions of these two stan.
dards lifts certain families and iedivi-
duels to the summit of popularity and
money value, aud the absence OF such e.
cords of performance clearly depresses
all others TO a corresponding degree.
4 Brag and bluster count for nothing be-
4 fore the stop watch ia the hands of the
| OH ,ial timer.
/ In dairy matters, with the exception
of a very limited number OF tests con
Quoted by the officials of few OF the
breedsrs' as, ooiauon, We have only tho
report of interested individuals AZ 60 the
| yields of COWS, While believing that
many of these reported private tess are
correct, just and honest, on the other
band We are aware that men unconscious.
| ~ deceive themselves; and that, as the
world goes, people cant OF be blamed tor
| looking askance at the claims set up by
some enthusiastic owners. The lessons
Of the public speed-ring long ago taught
/ men to put no faith IN the claims of any
| party who would no. submit his animals
TO It's test, aud the knowledge here gain.
cd has created an intense desire for some
similar unbiased criterion for judsiR z
the merits of individual dairy animals
! Tests have been made at the cattle ex.
/ hibitions az times in the old world, Ca.
peciely Eogland, and on several occs-
sions in America. A couple of years
since an exciting contest took place be
tween several breeds az the Mime sofa
State fair. In this trial the oil.tcst
churn was used, and while 1.-THE winners
! we're el8ted, naturally enough 90 those de
feat d claimed that the method was not
/ a satisfactory one and that their cows
were not justly dealt with in the result rs
/ reported. At the Wisconsin State Fair,
about the same time, several COWS we're
MIXED in the presence of Judges, and
samples OF the milk sent TO the expert
meLt station Of that state for chemical
analysis. The report az sent out did not
give very general satisfaction, and the
| feeling seemed TO be that she testing
should be conducted wholly on the
grounds whore it could be Witnessed 10y
all, and the result announced before the
gathering dispersed.
/ This seems eminenty proper, for if a
/ dairy test ia TO be valued u should be
conducted In the presence OF all interest.
cd parties, and by method so expedi-
! tious that people will not forget all about
! the trial before the result 10 announce q.
! The Method of analysis devised by the
q nists Of the Wisconsin station used
at the Iowa fair last week possesses the
essential qualities here named, il we pro.
perly understand ~. H. is said that the
results of the analysts of the evening and
morning sAnilkings san be announced by
/ the noon hour, and that the whole opera.
tion Of performing the analysis can be
conducted ia the presence of large eu
dieuoe without detriment TO it's accuracy.
! II this is true we have taken long stride
in the right direction, ana our fair man.
ayers can announce with confidence that
! dairymen may bring on their favJrites
ana show them mp TO the world with full
confidence that fairness and justice will
| preside over the contest Breeders Ga
zete.