. Elements of farm practice, prepared especially for teaching elementary agriculture;. Agriculture. 208 ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE nothing. At one place the farmer^ pay three cents a sample for testing. If one has a sample tested each month from a cow, it would cost but thirty-six cents per year, and this would certainly be a pa3nng investment. In some places the farmers form a cow-testing association and hire a man to test all the cows. He comes to each farm once a month,. Figure 94.—A pure-bred Holstein cow. She gave in 30 days pounds of butter. and weighs and tests the milk from each c
. Elements of farm practice, prepared especially for teaching elementary agriculture;. Agriculture. 208 ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE nothing. At one place the farmer^ pay three cents a sample for testing. If one has a sample tested each month from a cow, it would cost but thirty-six cents per year, and this would certainly be a pa3nng investment. In some places the farmers form a cow-testing association and hire a man to test all the cows. He comes to each farm once a month,. Figure 94.—A pure-bred Holstein cow. She gave in 30 days pounds of butter. and weighs and tests the milk from each cow night and morning, then goes to the next farmer. This is a very satisfactory arrangement. Work for Boys.—Any boy who is milking cows can get good lessons in arithmetic, and greatly increase his knowl- edge of dairying, by doing the work here suggested. He can weigh the milk separately from each cow, take samples. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wilson, Archie Dell, 1875-; Wilson, E. W. , joint author. St. Paul, Minn. , Webb Publishing Co.
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