The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-04-20
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HIGH CHARACTER OF THE
WORLDS FAIR DAIRY
TESTS.

May 18th to October Doth will bear testi-
mony to their thoIoughness, their i'm
partially and the grand work that was
accomplished in the interest of dairy
science. These tests gave to the COWS and
breeds participating therein an opportunity
to demonstrate their dairy characteristics
They were not tests of a few days or a week
but so prolonged that they exhibited to
public scrutiny the staying qualities of the
cows and breeds. This feature cannot be
too strongly commended, as the practcal
dalryman is not keeping COWS for what
they can accomplish in a week, on forced
diet, but rather what they are capable of
doing throughout the whole year, under
rational feeding, and what the met profit"
is which they will place to the credit of
his bank account The latter element was
essentially the crucial one of the tests, as
all the decisions were based on the cows
and breeds showing the greatest net
profit" The COWS and breeds were
credited with their products and debited
with their feed. The former consisted in
test No. l, OF cheese, the price of which
was liked according to the scoring of same
which was done by experts appointed by
Chief Buchanan), OF whey, at the rate of
cents per hundred pounds, and of the
increase III live weight, at a cents per
pound; in test No. =, of the butter, at a
price fixed by the scoring of same by the
same experts as in the cheese test, of solids
other than butter tat, at 81 per 100 lbs,
and OF increase in live weight; in test No.
3, of butter alone:
strict account was kept of all the feed.
which was charged at schedule price
liked by Chief Buchanan, with the consent
OF the representatives of the breeds prior
to the tests beginning, and could only be
fed in the presence of representative of
the testing committee. Columbian guards
were stationed in the barns day and night,
to see that no feed was given the COWS
except in the presence of the representatives
OF the testing committee.
1t will thus be seen that every feature of
dairying formed factor in these tests:
quantity of milk in test No. |, through
the whey and cheese, quantity of milk in
test No. through the solids other than
butter fat, and butter in tests Nos.
and >.
a sample Of the milk of each COW and
the mixed milk of the herds was taken
daily, and analysed by competent staff
of chemists, under the direct control of
Prof. L. IL. harrington, of Illinois; and
determination of the fat in the milk WAS
made by the babcock oil test each day, and
each COW credited with her proper pro-
portion OF the products.
The milk was creamed, and the cream
churned i'll the dairy, under the immedi-
ate and personal supervision of Prof. 5. NJ.
Babcock, or |. p. Roberts, two members of
the testing committee.
In scoring the butter and cheese the ex
pert judges had no means of identifying
the packages they were examining. After
marking their scores, they transmitted the
examining same, removed the names of
the scorers and transmitted the packages to
the testing committee, who entered the
Scores taking the average of the three
experts.
The testing committee consisted of the
following professors, representing the
Association OF the Agricultural College and
Experiment Stations; Prof NJ A. Scovell.
Kentucky Experiment Station, Chairman;
Prof. |. Z. Roberts, Cornell University:
Prof. :. NJ. Babcock, Wisconsin Experi-
ment Station; Prof. H. p. Armsby, State
College Pa, Superintendent H. II. Kinds
representing the American Short Horn
Breeders Association; Prof W. II. Cald-
well, representing the American Guernsey
Cattle Club, and V. L. Fuller, representing
the American Jersey Cattle Club. Meet
ings of the testing Committee were held
daily. The high character of the gentle
men representing the Association of
Agricultural Colleges and Stations, their
well known ability and probity, testify to
the disintered character of the work per-
formed i'll the tests. Their knowledge of
the subject warranted scientific application
when such was advisable coupled with
practical deductions, so that the test salts
fled both the scientific and practical views
of dairying All the members of the
committee were throughout fair and i'm
partial, and were actuated by the sole
desire to have the rules carried out and
justice done to all breeds
These tests were the most prolonged
the most through the most fair and
impartial that have ever been held in the
world, are likely to be for many wears to
come. They cost the Worlds Columbian
Exposition $4,000. They settled more
points i'll dairying than have ever been
settled before. They brought to light the
merits the strong and weak points of the
breeds, and in doing so demonstrated that
the Jersey COW is the greatest of all dairy
cows.
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