THE SCALES AND TESTER.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1642, 8 January 1913, Page 10

THE SCALES AND TESTER.

DAIRY TAEM NECESSITIES. [ •.' £■, Tho milk scnlcs, the tester and, tho/re- • . rord book, aro'threo essentials bdforo.'tho '' • • : 'ilttiry'' farmertan i-'consitler ho'has'estab-, i?h ijshed' himself:on a"business foptiiig, but. ■v, (it is. taking a igrent' many' dairymen over i- loiig ito realifo 'this.'--: Every" dairyman 'i'l-rshouldaenter:.; the'.returns of'each.!of his cows,'in ordfer that ho inny havo an mdi- ;' oafor.-wliich.owill. tclU the end of : tho year jnrt.'how.- much feed each cow rktiai consumed,- tho. amount of milk produced,"aijfl the percentage of test.. .Too/ • nianv dairymen are kooping. scrub cows,! -:fecdinjr and milking th-erii twicoca'ch day,. or fourteen times each week, merely for ' -tho nleasureo£ their . company,-)when rpureb'red or grade .animatawould give tho. , \ f- ,f t mo .company.: Eind threo- times thd profit. ■ Many-' hard-working dairymen squander half an hour daily gambling with tho ' scrub cow,'when three minutes with the' . 'pcalcs, etc., would .indicate'the -merits of ■ . ; . the animal without fail. records •k '■ .is a bnsi'nfM/trnnsaction. 1 and .means tho ■ ' : difi'ere.rtco"between. knowing and guessing l: ' tho capacity of the cow,.the. bcl' twEon':'rileasurOv and drudgery, 'and tho' '.differqiit'O bet«\een ; ,profit and, loss,.and ; tucceW'and failure. . '. i'. -