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 A Melville Amasd Scovell. ` 21
  which extended over a period of ninety days and repre-
 i` I sent the greatest piece of work of this kind ever attempted
 _ in this country. Over nine hundred pages of valuable data ,
were collected, a resume of which was published by Professor I
Scovell in the Jersey Bulletin, Vol. XII, No. 51, December,
 _ 1893, pages 887-901. The results of these tests resulted ~
pre-eminently in favor of the Jerseys in every point except . I
. live weight and the amount of milk produced in the thirty I
. day butter test. The results of this gigantic test attracted -
.— great attention among all lovers of dairy cattle and served
A , to arouse an increased interest in dairying and the pure bred A
dairy cow. It was in connection with the World’s Fair l
 ‘ dairy tests that Professor Scovell invented a milk sampling
 I w tube, whereby a small, uniform, aliquot sample can be accu— l
A rately secured from a pail of milk. A description of this 3 ,
useful instrument was given by Professor Scovell in a paper c
read before the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural . E
Science and afterwards published in Agricultural Science, 8 i
(1894), Nos. 6-9.- Dr. Scovell’s interest in dairying ex- 4 L
  tended to the `Experiment Station farm and in 1892 certain A ”
,  funds were definitely set apart to the establishment of an I  P
c experimental dairy. f  Q
J In the summer of 1901, a commodious dairy barn was erect- r _
A ed on the Experiment Station farm which still serves as a  
l model of its kind. Requests on the part of citizens of Lex-   :l_
ington for Experiment Station milk have steadily increased  
from year to year until now it is practically impossible to  
; meet these demands, The good example set by this model  
dairy, together with the vigorous and able milk inspection  
, conducted by the Pure Food and Drug Department of the   .
Experiment Station in various localities throughout the State,  
  have done more than all other agencies operating to this end  
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