Show alia BACTERIAL COUNT I 1 ST ii necessary that miah dealers be AW able to judge quality it Is bust just as aa necessary 7 for the dairymen to understand the cance and application of bacterial counts atnip in tn tie Ip production of sanitary milk as for or them to understand tho the use and significance of the milk tat fat test irald kobert S br breed e ed of atio geneva experiment station doctor breed arce cai cited ed tw ae a ot bacterial counts in new york state that affect the dairy mans pocketbook intimately and directly one of these he said Is the use being made by public health control officials and less frequently by milk dealers to judge tho the sanitary quality of milk when results of these laboratory examinations ami nations are unsatisfactory they are used as a basis for bringing pressure directly or indirectly upon the dairyman to improve his equipment and methods of handling milk the second use touches the dairy mans pocketbook directly inasmuch oa as premiums premium s are being paid tit at many grade A milk plants for milk having baying bacterial counts of less than or less than per cubic centimeter failure to meet these standards causes the loss of premium money that really represents the greater part of the profit to the dairyman dairymen should familiarize themselves with laboratory methods me thoIs whose use affects their business so ao intimately payments of premiums for high class milk la Is sound providing the 6 basis a S I 1 8 t used sed ln in determining premiums ms Is fair and equitable no more satisfactory system of paying premiums premium has yet been devised than to pay them on the badts of 0 bacterial counts feeding grain to cows on pasture Is favored A cow eating 75 to pounds of 0 ri average june grass per day Is eating the equivalent of 15 to to 20 pounds of mixed hay do we feed obi our good cows only liny hay in winter no then why do we vve expect our good cows cows to beep keep up in flesh and in milk flow all summer on grass alone in winter we feed liberal amounts of grain and ellace with hay hav that Is why cows cowa on pasture should get something to eat in addition to grass egrass good grass gracea will help to ine increase the milk now flow but it nay may take olt off some body flesh because there Is no fattening tendency in grass A cow weighing 1200 pounds on june 1 after being fed liberally on grain all winter was turned out to eat only average grass on july 15 this same cow weighed 1050 pounds this thia toss loss in weight of ISO pounds was not due entirely to the beat and the flies files the loss was probably due to the lack of proper nourishment grain feeding in summer Is the secret of summer p profits bonts and continued production at the lowest cost grain feeding the year around means the greatest annual profits it II helps to build up the cow in summer cummer and fall find and assures greater profits during the winter months |