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Show I BETTER PRODUCERS I ft Few organizations have been j. in operation long enough for the producing daughters of an asso-ciation asso-ciation bull to be compared with ? their dams. The following fig- ures, however, received from an association at New Windsor, Hi-.5, Hi-.5, Md., show the improvement due to the sire: jt Average butterfat production ! of daughters of association f ' bulls compared with that I? i! of their dams. 'f 4" Fat average ? it Bull No. 1, (pounds). t 7 daughters 270.5 7 dams 20S.3 T t Increase C-.2 ti. Eull No. 2. 3j 7 daughters 2S1.6 j 7 dams 226.4 T, ? Increase 55.2 4 f ii. Bull No. 3. 4i 2 daughters 309.5 41 2 dams 254.0 " Increase 115.5 4 Fourteen out of 16 daughters excelled their dams, the average it increase of the daughters over dams being 30 per cent. |