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Show Dairy Cows Doing Well on Many Illinois Farms A If to do their bit In the present agricultural situation, dairy cows on Illinois farms ore becoming higher-geared higher-geared milk producing machines, lie cording to John H. Brock, of the Uni verslty of Illinois. This Is reflected In records from the state's dairy herd improvement associations in which approximately ap-proximately 13.000 dairy cows are be Ing tested for milk and butterfat pro , ductlon every month for the benefit of some (500 dairymen. Cows In these associations averaged 22.5 pounds of butterfat each durinti December, the most recent month fm which complete records are availabli-Thls availabli-Thls was a shade mure than tlfp avei age of the association cows In Decern her, 1026. Likewise, the highest pm duclng herd In December of the yeai Jus't past exceeded the production ot the best herd In December, 1020, by two pounds of butterfat a cow. |