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Milk-testing is one way of gauging the value of different feeding practices. As the milk tester for the Triple B Association stays overnight with each family, he has time to go carefully into the farmer's feed program with him and work out the best method. Black Hawk County, Iowa

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Milk-testing is one way of gauging the value of different feeding practices. As the milk tester for the Triple B Association stays overnight with each family, he has time to go carefully into the farmer's feed program with him and work out the best method. Black Hawk County, Iowa

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl More
A milk tester for the Triple B milk testing associations. His equipment includes test tubes, pipettes, a centrifuge and laboratory apparatus seldom found on the farm. Black Hawk County, Iowa

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl More
A milk tester for the Triple B milk testing associations. His equipment includes test tubes, pipettes, a centrifuge and laboratory apparatus seldom found on the farm. Black Hawk County, Iowa

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In the past, most milk testing associations have been formed by farmers in the higher-income brackets. This milk-tester works for an association of low-income farmers who heretofore have either lacked the necessary funds or have been unaware of such association's value. The association was formed with the aid of the FSA (Farm Security Adminstration). Black Hawk County, Iowa

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