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Show Clet a Milk Tester. It nppeara that there are covnpara-fnely covnpara-fnely few owners who realize the rut difference In cowb. With very nnny farmers "a hen Is a hen," und ith a good mnny It seems to be nbout he same way In the dairy, I havo In ilnd several farmers who have kpt 1 dairy of ten to fifteen cows for the ast ten jenis and I know very well hat each of them has from three to lvo cows In the herd all tho time that at up more thnn half the profits ot the mlance of the herd. Year In and jenr iut this goes on, and why? Simply bo-ause bo-ause these farmers never take the pains to examine Into the value of their ows as producers of butter-fat. And butter fat Is what nearly every owner if the dairy Is working lor now, Creameries, Cream-eries, cheese factories and shipping stations, with perhaps, the exception of n few, are paying for milk according to the fat It contains, and with the home dairyman there certainly cun be but little else than butter tut In view. So why not look Into the matter yourselves your-selves and ascertain by actual test how much butter fat there Is In the milk from each cow on your farm? A Bmall tester can be had tor 13 or a 4-bottle machine, complete and ready for use, with full Instructions, for IS This tester tes-ter Is designed expressly for farmers' use, Is simple nnd durable, and at tho same time as accurate in every way as the larger machines A very good plan Is for two or three farmers to club together and buy one of theso testers, thus making the cost to each very low. The reason, no doubt, of a good many dairymen not hav lng testers, is because they have got an Idea that to get correct cor-rect results, the testing must be done by a person skilled In the work. This Is a mistake, ns the work Is very simple, sim-ple, and almost any one with a little practice can test either milk or cream with the best results. By using the Uabcock test for each row's milk, the owner la able to pick out tho unprofitable unprofita-ble ones very quickly, nnd the cows giving the least fat for the food consumed con-sumed should be disposed ot as fast as possible and their places filled by those raised from the best cows. |