The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-27

in live weight, at Al cents per pound
in Test No. 2, of the butter, at a price
hxed by the scoring of same by the
same experts as in the cheese test, OF
solids other than butter fat, at 50 per
100 pounds, and of increase in live
weight; in test No. 8, 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 Com
mittee. 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 represen-
tatives of the Testing Committee.
1t will thus be e that every Tea
ture of dairying formed a factor In
these tests: quantity of milk in Test
No. L, through the whey and cheese,
quantity of milk in Test No. 2, through
the solids other than butter fat, n
butter in Tests Noe. 2 and 8
A sample of the milk of each COW
nd the mixed milk of the herds vas
taken daily, and analysed by a COM
petent staff of chemists, under the
direct control of Prof. E. II. Earring
ton, of Illinois; and a determination of
the fat in the milk was made by the
Babcock oil test each day, and each
CIV credited with her proper proper
ton of the products
The milk was creamei, and the
cream churned in the dairy, under the
immediate and personal supervision of
Prof. S. NJ. Babcock or 1. P, Roberts,
two members of the Testing Commit
tee.
In scoring the butter and cheese, the
expert judges had no means of id9nti-
fyirg the packages they were examin-
ing. After marking their scores, they
transmitte d the packages to Chief Blu
chanan, who, after examining same,
removed the names CT the scorers and
transmitted the packages to the Test
ing 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
Colleges and Experiment Stations:
Prof. NJ. A Scovell, Kentucky Expert
ment Station, Chairman; Prof. 1. P.
Roberts, Cornell University; Prof. s..
M. Babcock, Wisconsin Experiment
Station; Prof. II. P. Armsby, State
College, Pa. Superintendent II. 81.
Kinds, representing the American
ShorS-Horn Breeders Association /;
Prof. W. H Caldwell, representing
the Americ an Guernsey Cattle Club,
and V. E Fuller, representing the
American Jersey Cattle Club. Meet
ings of the Testing Committee were
held daily. The high character of the
gentlemen representing the Association
Of Agricultural Colleges and Expert
ment Stations, their we'll 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 advisable, coupled with prac
tical deductions, so that the tests salts
fed 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 a
ried out and justice done to all breeds.
These tests we're the most prolonged,
the most thorough, the most fair and
impartial that have aver been held in
the world, Or are likely to b. for many
years to cyme. They cost the Worlds
Columbian Exposition $73, 900. Thew
settled more points in dairying than
have ever been settled before. Thew
brought to light the merits, the strong
and weak points of the breeds, and in
doing so demonstrated tat the JERSEY
COW is the greatest of all dairy cows.