Show T improvement OF THE DAIRY HERD records create friendly competitive spirit numerous advantages of dairy iferd herd improvement association work are listed in it a summary of the re aults of the associations activities for the year ended july 1 1928 which has bas just been published by the colorado agricultural college cow testing records kept by the ng association enable dairymen to cult cull unprofitable cows select heifers heffers for the young herd determine the worth of the bull and intelligently conduct conduit feeding operations the report states a A smith fiel fieldman dinan for the state dairy commissioner Ire prepared pared the summary auni mary which states that the Q elation records create a friendly competitive spirit between dairymen which tends to raise the production ot of the herd and makes for more efficient management he adds dalry dairy lierd herd improvement association records are becoming more and more necessary to the successful sale of surplus females the man who Is going into the dairy business today wants animals with authentic prodoc tion records behind them the dairy man who has such records on his cowl can command a premium price on hia bla sale eale stock the association work also pre presents sento an opportunity for it a community to make a name for itself as a center for high class stock of a parti particulate culat 1 breed the cow testers records show that the man who fed a balanced ration according to production had it a succulent winter teed feed took the chill off the water in winter time supplemented pasture with grain had the la larger rg return above feed cost copies of the report may be obtained from the extension service of the state agricultural college |