The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-03
THE DAIRY
PORTION OF A DISCUSSION AT A
WISCONSIN FARMERS
INSTITUTE.

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Mr.. Hill: There certainly has come
this much out of the B tbcock test, the
day of weekly butter records, exceed
ing 40 pounds, made with the churn, Is
gone by. II l did not know it in any
other way, 1 know it by the way men
talk who come to cur place to pick out
q bull. There are five now where there
used to be one asking how many
pounds that bulls mother gave. They
are going by the record more and
more.
Mr.. Remington: One of my neigh
bors is a graduate of Professor Henry's
School. 1 got him to come over and
test my COWS; he took the milk both
night and morning and it ran all the
way from 6 60 9 per cent. l don't
know whether it was done right or
not.
Professor Henry: G9t a test, my
friend, and do it yourself; you can't
afford to be without it.
Mr.. Carlyle: What is considered the
average test of a good cows miIk7
Governor Hoard: the average test
Of eight creameries that we handle is
about 4 4 There are a very large
number Of grade Jerseys and grade
Guernseys.
A Member: Sometime ago I was US
ing a dairy of COWS that were all Of
my own production, and I wasn't sat
isfed exactly in regard to whether l
was doing the best | could or not, and
I concluded to weigh my milk. l
rugged a table and had a spring bal
ance and kept a record during the year
of what each COW gave. In summing
it all up, I went up to compare with
my neighbors. I told one what l had
done and I found that nobody else was
doing it, so I told this gentleman 1
wouldn't say anything about my expe-
rience in the meeting. However, he
called me out and 1 told them what
my COWS had done; there began to be
a terrible rustiing around in the
Grange and whispering to one another
and l couldn't think what they were
doing, but / faally found out that they
were doubling my word, so I don'G
know that it is safe for a man to weigh
his milk.
The Chairman: There is one thing
that has not been mentioned about this
Rr IoooH foot. 7 +birL - 50 .ro;p~ - so4
tie a great deal of difficulty between
parties and directors of creameries.
If every patron of a creamery would
have a Bate ock test and test his own
milk, he wou1ldGa 1be9w whether the
creamery MAJ nartvEsIEg' hin credit
for just what he brought in.
Mr.. Tub0s: What is tee cost Of the
Babcock test9
The Chairman: They can be bought
very cheaply. I have been told you
can get one for S.. 1t was invented as
you all know by Professor Babcock Of
our Agricultural College.
Professor Henry; Already some Of
the creameries in New z aland are
paying the farmer by the Babcock
test. Three weeks ago Doctor Babcock
received a letter from London, saying
that a firm had Just received an order
from Australia for ten gross of the
Babcock test bottles to be used by
farmers there. Now, this is an in7en-
ton of DR.. Babcock which he did not
get patented. so that everybody could
have it free, and our farmers ought
never to doubt for n moment whether
they ought to use it, right here in the
home of Doctor Babcock, when in far
New ,aland the farmers say they must
have it, and Australian manufacturers
are writing up to London to get the
test bottles. There are probably forty
creameries in Australia to-day paying
by the Babcock test and probably six
or eight in New Zealand.