Show FARM TOPICS topic EAR TAGS REVEAL DAIRY CRIMINALS Is equivalent to fingerprinting in humans equivalent to fingerprinting finger printing in humans Is the car tagging system that reveals dairy cows and families that aro are enemies to profitable dairy farming arming new york state Is ono one of 0 tho the states operating cooperating co with tho the united states bureau of dairy industry at washington in permanently identifying all animals in dairy herd improvement pro associations according to professor S J Drow noll of the tac cornell agricultural extension service the burp purpose ose of tho the identification and permanent records Is not only to apprehend the dairy criminals ho he says but to eliminate the unfavorable influences in breeding future dairy cattle every cow Is put on her own production record and farmers get a complete analysis of breeding efficiency which reveals the value of every bull in every dairy herd improvement association breed the system locates and identifies outstanding brood cows for selection of breeding stock and provides a means of tracing family strains the records aro are analyzed to identify on an inheritance for high ability in producing milk and butterfat and the influence of these superior animals may then be disseminated throughout the general dairy cow population the same principle applies in boffl cial testing with breed organizations which record the fingerprinted cows and bulls both purebreds and grades need more of it says professor brownell |