Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-12

weight, at Al cents per pound; in test
No. 2, of the butter, at a price fixed by
the scoring of same by the same experts
as In the cheese test, of solids other thar
butter fat, at 81 per 100 lbs, and of in
crease in live weight; in test No, 3, of
butter alone.
A strict account vas kept of all the
feed, which was charged at a schedule
price fixed 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 "A
representative of the testing committee.
Columbian guards were stationed in the
barns day and night, to see hat no feed
was given the cows except in the pres
ence of the representatives of the test
ing committee.
1t will thus be seen that every feature
of dairying formed factor in these tests /:
quantity of milk in test No. l, through
the whey and cheese, quantity of milk
in test No ,, through the solids other
than butter fat, and butter In tests Nos.
? and 3.
a sample of the milk of each COW aud
the mixed milk of the herds was taken
daily. and Analysed by "A competent staff
of chemists, under the direct contrOl of
Prof. f. IL. harrington of Illinois and
"A determination of the fat in the milk
was made by the Babcock oil test each
day, and each COW credited with her
proper proportion of the products.
The milk was creamed, and the cream
churned in the dairy, under the immed-
late and personal supervision of Prof. 5.
NJ. Babcock or |. p. Roberts, two mem
bers of the testing committee.
In scoring the butter and cheese, the
expert Judges had no means of indentify-
ing the packages they were examining.
After marking their scores, they trans
mitted the packages to Chief Buchanan,
who, after examining same, removed the
names of the scorers and transmitted
the packages to the testing committee,
who entered the scores, taking the aver
age of the three experts.
The testing committee consisted of the
following professors, representing the
association of the agricultural colleges
and experiment stations: Prof. VI. A.
S%covell, kentucky experiment station,
chairman; Prof. | p. Roberts, Cornell
university; Prof. 5. NJ. Babcock, Wis
cOnsin experiment station; Prof. II. p.
Armsby, State college, Pa. Superinten-
dents IL. IL. Kinds, representing the
American ShOrt-hOrn Breeders associa-
ton Prof. W. II. Caldwell, representing
the American Guernsey cattle club, and
V. f. Fuller, representing the American
Jersey cattle club. Meetings of the
testing committee were held daily. The
high character of the gentlemen repre-
senting the association of agricultural
colleges and experiment stations. their
w%ell-known ability and probity, testify
to the disinterested character of the
work performed in the tests. Their
knowledge of the subject warranted scien-
tiic application when such was advisa-
'lSs NOHPlNN NlAh Ii u N'buNAHCINs cN
that the tests satisfied both the scientific
and practical views of dairying. All the
members of the committee were through
out fair and impartial, 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 thorough, the most fair and
impartial that haye ever been held in
the world, or are likely to be for many
years TO come. They cost the Worlds
Columbian exposition $4,000. They
settled more points in 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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