. Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic. Agriculture. THE DAIRY 123 whole secret of keeping milk sweet lies in preventing the bacteria from getting into it. Next in importance to the care of the milk comes the selection of the herd. Since most creameries and cheese factories now pay by the test, that is, pay for the amount of butter fat that the milk contains, it is important to the dairyman that his milk tests well, and that his cows give a reasonably large flow of milk. In general, no cow is profitable to the dairyman whose milk tests much less than three per cent of butter
. Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic. Agriculture. THE DAIRY 123 whole secret of keeping milk sweet lies in preventing the bacteria from getting into it. Next in importance to the care of the milk comes the selection of the herd. Since most creameries and cheese factories now pay by the test, that is, pay for the amount of butter fat that the milk contains, it is important to the dairyman that his milk tests well, and that his cows give a reasonably large flow of milk. In general, no cow is profitable to the dairyman whose milk tests much less than three per cent of butter A MODEL cow BARN. (Edg-ewood Farm.) Neither is one which gives less than twelve pounds of milk daily, no matter how rich it is. Every farmer. 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 Hatch, K. L. (Kirk Lester), 1871-; Hazelwood, John Adams, 1867-. Chicago, R. K. Row & company
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