Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-18
DAIRY SCORING
EXHIBIT AT STORRS
Result of the First Ever Held in This
State-Another Arranged for Aug. q.

Result of the First Ever Held in This
State-Another Arranged for Aug. q.
The first dairy scoring exhibition of
it's kind ever held in Connecticut oc-
CURED on Nav %. Already letters are
coming in from leading dairymen in
the state which show their apprecia-
ton of this new lone of work reports.
With the cooperation of these men
the exhibitions are bound to increase
in Importance each time they are held.
The circulars describing the exhibit
lions were out only a short time be-
fore the first exhibition was held. But
for this fact the number of entries
would doubtless have been larger. The
next scoring will take place Aug. 4th.
1t is the idea to have the scores ready
for the meeting of the Dairymen's as
ISOLATION. to be held at the college Aug.
10th and 18th. All milk scoring IS
or above and butter scoring 80 or
above will be put on exhibition during
the convention, this being left at the
option of each exhibitor. Question and
entry blanks will be mailed to all those
who participated in the first exhibit
ton. Others should make application
for blanks to Superintendent Milk and
Butter Scoring. Storrs, Conn.
The following is a list of those who
scored 50 or better on milk and who
wished their scores published:
Score
F. H. Rowley, New Britain, Conn. 98.7
Highland Farm CHI B. Cooke,
supt) Noroton Heights, Conn 97.4
Greenway Farm q. R. Foster,
supt) South Manchester, Conn. 97.3
BranfOrd Farms, GrOton, Conn. 96.7
c. S. Barrows, New Britain Conn. 95.3
Robert E. Stearns, WiIlimantic,
Conn. ....-........... 1873
f. w. Pitl1in, South Manchester,
Conn ..........-...... 93l
The following scored 80 or above on
butter and wished their scores pub
lished:
Moist
ure Salt Score
Milo D. Beach, LitchfeId,
Conn. Creamery &C.. 1875 2.1 $50
Branford Farms, Groton,
Conn. DAIRY 1900. 13.4 IL 91.5
By examining the question blanks
sent in by the exhibitors considerable
valuable information was brought out
and some of the most interesting
points will be cited. OF nine men
scoring So or better, only two fed any
feed, and these grain only, just pre-
viOus to or at milking time. OF those
scoring under SIS (seven in number)
four fed at milking time. 1t is also
interesting to note in this connection
that the only exhibitor reporting as
having fed hay previous to milking
N7OC- CN y - 100000 -%--N@ ~ 80 So~--
ment.
Of the nine scoring IS or above,
seven reported washing the udder be-
fore milking, two used a damp cloth,
one used a dry cloth and one used
nothing. Of the seven scoring below
IS, four used a damp cloth, one a dry
cloth and two nothing. A very in
teresting point was that six out of
the nine scoring So or better used
small top pail, one a milking machine
and two an open pail. Of the seven
scoring under IS. one used a covered
pail, two a milking machine and four
an open pail
There were three cases Of milking
machines being used; one had a per-
feet score of 35 points on bacteria;
one had only is and the other 0. From
the question blanks it could be seen
that in the latter two cases Gone in
particularly improper care was given
the machine. While this does not
show definite results it does indicate
that the milking machine can be so
handled as to give either good or bad
results.
One of the worst defects in the but
ter was that the body Of most of it
was hurt by churning at too high a
and washing in too cold
water. or else by overworking. A large
part of the trouble lies in the fact that