Stephen Moulton Babcock, born October 22, 1843, and died July 2, 1931, was an American agricultural chemist best known for developing the Babcock test, a method for determining the butterfat content of milk that transformed dairy processing, and for the single-grain feeding experiment that helped establish nutritional science as a recognized scientific discipline.
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Stephen Moulton Babcock (22 October 1843 - 2 July 1931) was an American agricultural chemist.
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Stephen Moulton Babcock (22 October 1843 - 2 July 1931) was an American agricultural chemist.
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