. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). iClKAL ScilCJUL LkAFLET. 681 14. \\'hat fruits belong to the pomes? 15. What fruits belong to the drupes? 16. What are the general differences between a pome and a drupe? THE BABCOCK TEST. The Babcock test provides a quick and accurate method of showing the richness of milk, which means its percentage of fat. Next month we shall publish a lesson by Professor Pearson, giving instruction for making the Babcock test. This is
. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). iClKAL ScilCJUL LkAFLET. 681 14. \\'hat fruits belong to the pomes? 15. What fruits belong to the drupes? 16. What are the general differences between a pome and a drupe? THE BABCOCK TEST. The Babcock test provides a quick and accurate method of showing the richness of milk, which means its percentage of fat. Next month we shall publish a lesson by Professor Pearson, giving instruction for making the Babcock test. This is a lesson that should be given in every dairy community, in fact in every farm community. Aside from its practical value to the farm boy. it has broad educational Fig. 21.—Apparatus for the Babcock test. The articles shown in the pictvire are. from the left; Centrifugal machine for four bottles, two of the cups having milk test bottles in them. Sample of milk. Milk pipette which hoMs Two milk test bottles. Acid measure. Sulphuric acid. Hot water. Before giving this lesson on the Babcock test, we would like to send an apparatus for making it to one school in each of ten counties, this apparatus to be used and returned to us in two months. Therefore, we shall send the complete outfit for making the Babcock test to the first ten rural school teachers in ten diiTerent counties making application for it. Here is an opportunity for the rural school teacher to make his work felt in his community. If some of the older pupils are able to handle this test and give a demonstration of it at some of the school meetings or farmers' meetings, it may be the means of interesting farm- ers to help their children to get better agricultural instruction. This present Leaflet is ^ent out to all teachers on our lists the same day. We shall consider the first application from each of ten dififerent counties. Some teachers in rural communities have already provided them-. Please note t
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