The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-04-18
JENSEY CATTLE

between the breeds held at Chicago, from
May - to October 20, 1893, will bear
testimony to their thoroughness, their
accomplished in the interest of dairy
science. These tests gave to the cows and
breeds participating therein an opportun-
ity to demonstrate their dairy charac-
teristics. 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 can not be too
strongly commended, as the practical
dairyman is not keeping cows for what
they can accomplish in week, on 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 profit" The cows and
breeds were credited with their products
and debted with their feed. The former
consisted in test No. /, of cheese, the
price of which was fixed according to
the scoring Of same (Which was done by
experts appointed by Chief Buchanan),
of whey, at the rate of 8 cents per hun
dred pounds, and of the increase in live
weight at 4 IL cents per pound; in test
No. 2, of the butter, at price fixed by the
scoring of same by the same experts as
in the cheese test, of solids other than
butter fat, at 81 per 100 pounds, 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 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 Il rep
resentative 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 COM
mittee.
1t will thus be seen that every fea
ture of dairying formed factor in these
tests; quantity of milk in test No. /,
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 3.
A sample of the milk of each COW and
the mixed milk of the herds was taken
daily and analyzed by competent staff
of chemists, under the direct control of
Prof. e. III. Harrington of Illinois, and q
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 imme-
diate and personal supervision of Prof. 8.
M. Babcock or 1. p. Roberts, two MEM
bers of the testing committee.
In scoring the butter and cheese the
expert Judges had no means of Identify
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. M. A.
Scovell, Kentucky Experiment Station,
chairman; Prof. I. p. Roberts, Cornell
University; Prof. s. M. Babcock,, Wis
consin Experiment Station; Prof. I'll. 7.
Armsby, State College, Pa; Superintend-
ents ii. II. Kinds, representing the
American Short Horn Breeders associa-
ton; Prof. w. III. Caldwell, representing
the American Jersey Cattle club and V.
Il. Fuller, representing the American
Jersey Cattle club. Meetings of the
testing committee were held daily. The
high character of the gentlemen repre-
senting the ass0 iafi of agricultural
colleges and experiment stations, their
well known ability and probity, testify
to the disinterested character of the
work performed in the tests. Their
knowledge of the subject warranted
scientific application when such was ad-
visable, coupled with practical deduc-
tions, so that the tests satisfied both the
scientific and practical views of dairying.
All the members 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 the
world, or are likely to be for many years
to come. They cost the Worlds Column
bian 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 80 demon
strated that the Jersey COW is the great
est of all dairy cows.
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