Show GOOD AND BAD MILKERS Every one who has his milking done by hired hands knows the extreme dllllculty In fInding a milker who will do his work thoroughly The milking Is very likely to be done before breakfast break-fast or after dark when the hands are III It hurry and take but little pains to secure the last of the strlppings tho best part of the milk In order to ascertain as-certain the probable extent of the loss from careless work In milking live cows were given to one of our workmen work-men A who was supposed to be a good milker and who milked them for two weeks weighing each milking from each cow Nothing was said to him concerning the object of the trial At the end of the time the same cows with the same feed and care were given to another workman B who was told the object of the work The results are as follows Total amount of milk by milker A 7875 pounds total to-tal amount of milk by milker B 1032 pounds Showing a total gain of 2445 pounds In favor of good work with five cows for two weeks an average of two and onehalf pounds per day for each cow Mississippi Experiment Station Report |