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Show REAL PRODUCT OF THE COW Statement as to Amount of Butter Fat Produced Made Instead of Quantity Quan-tity of Butter. A correspondent asks why we say a cow produced a certain quantity ol butter fat Instead of butter. He says he wants to know bow much butter the row gave and not how much fat. The amount of butter fat is given because be-cause It Is the real product of the row and because It can be accurately determined, whereas the amount of i D '.St -I- ., -K-,US' T fv .- "i -t v N, u --('vC'."'-' ' tx Babcock Tester. butter mode from a cow's milk Is not always nn accurate Indicator of her production. If the butter-maker leaves 20 per cent, of water In his buiter the cow'a record will show up much better bet-ter than If he keeps the water down to 15 per cent. If we give cow's records rec-ords In terms of butter the amount of , moisture In the butter must also be stated, whereas If given In terms of butter fat the record is absolute, and no analysis to determine moisture In butter Is necessary. The rw pro duces butler fat; man makes butter out of It. It Is the cow's product and not what somebody makes out of It that nhould be credited to the cow Hut our correspondent wants to know how much butter a cow gives. If the butter Is properly made the amount of Int will be about five-sixths of the quantity of butter. Some calculate that the fat is four-fifths of the butter, but butter only 80 per cent, fat cimnot be legally sold. National Stockman and Farmer. |