Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-04-26
The Worlds Fair Dairy Tests.

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We have received Bulletin No. 8, just
issued, which gives most interesting &C
count Of the dairy tests made at the World {
Fair. 1t says:
Any one familiar with the great tests
between the breeds held at Chicago, from
May 18th to Oct. Goth, 1893, will bear tes-
timony to their thoroughness, their impair
tiality and the grand work that was accom-.
plished in the interest of dairy science
These tests gave to the cows and breeds
participating therein an opportunity to
demonstrate their dairy characters
tics. They were not tests Of few days OF
week, but SO prolonged that they exhib-
tied to public scrutiny the staying quail
ties of the cows and breeds. This feature
cannot be too strongly commended, as the
practical dairyman is not keeping COWS for
what they can accomplish in week, on a
forced diet. but rather what they are capa-
BILE 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 pro-
fit" The COWS and breeds were credited
with their products and debited with their
feed. The former consisted in Test NO.1 ,
Of cheese, the price Of which was fixed &C.
nf .c0,, 10 (vxhi
done by experts appointed by Chief Buch-
anan), of whey, at the rate of s cents per
hundred pounds. and Of the increase in
live weight, at Al cents pei 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 than butter
fat, at 50 per 100 lbs, and of increase in
live weight; in Test No. 3, of butter alone.
A strict account was 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
NClC DUdOlOuCu III UuC Udlll Oby ctuO AlS
to see that no feed was given the COWS ex-
cept in the presence of the representatives
of the Testing Committee.
1t will thus be seen that every feature of
dairying formed a factor in these tests;
quantity Of milk in Test No. 1, through
the whey and cheese, quantity of milk in
Test No. 2, through the solids other than
butter fat, and butter in Tests Nos. 2
and 8.
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 contIOl of Prof.
E. H. Harrington of Illinois; and a deter
mination 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 immediate
and personal supervision of Prof. s. M.
Babcock OF L. 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 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 average of the three
experts.
The Testing Committee consisted of the
following professors. representing the AS
sociation of the Agricultural Colleges and
Experiment Station: Prof. NJ. A. Scovell,
Kentucky Experiment Station, Chairman;
Prof. I. P. Roberts, Cornell University:
Prof.: S. NJ. Babcock, Wisconsin Expert
ment Station; Prof. III. P. Armsby. State
College Pa; Superintendent FL. H.Hinds,
representing the American Short Horn
Breeders. Association; Prof. W. H. Cald-
we'll, representing the American Guern-
sey Cattle Club, and V E. Fuller. repre-
senting the American Jersey Cattle Club
Meetings Of the Testing Committee were
held daily. The high character of the
gentlemen representing the Association
of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
Stations, their well known ability and pro-
hity, testify to the disinterested character
of the work performed in the test. Theil
knowledge OF the subject warranted scien.
tific application when such was advisable,
coupled with practical deductions, SO that
the tests satisfied both the scientific and
practical views Of dairying. All the mem
bers of the committee were throughout
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 i'm
partial that have ever been held in TIN
world, OIL are likely to be for many years
to come. They cost the Worlds Colum
bian Exposition $4,000. They settled
more points in dairying than have ever beef
settled before. They brought to light thu
merits, the strong and weak points of TIN
breeds, and in doing so demonstrated tina
the Jersey COW is the greatest of all dair.
| COWS.