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Should We Have a New Milk Score Card?

Department of Dairy Husbandry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.

ABSTRACT

Score cards for butter and cheese have been in use for many years. Score cards for dairies were formulated almost simultaneously, in 1904, by Woodward at Washington and Pearson at Cornell University. These score cards were but the first of many. The flood gates of pent up enthusiasm for scoring opened, with the result that there were soon score cards for everything connected with the farm, including score cards for judging husbands and wives.

Recognizing the desirability of a uniform score card for dairy farms, the Official Dairy Instructors Association, or as it is now called, the American Dairy Science Association, appointed a Committee on Dairy Score Cards (1). This committee formulated, and in 1908 the Association adopted, the so-called Official Dairy Score Card, which has been widely used in the inspection of dairy farms. This score card is "Official" in the sense that it has been adopted by the Official Dairy Instructors Association and in many cities it is also "Official" in the sense that it has been legally made a part of the local health regulations.