Show selecting dairy sire on basis of past records in selecting a dairy bull on the basis of the records of his ancestor consideration should be given to the conditions under which the records were made says the united states department part ment of agriculture an investigation by the bureau of dairy industry at beltsville md showed that when cows were milked and fed three times a day instead of twice confined in box stalls instead of in stanchions fed enough to make them fat instead of keeping them in ordinary flesh and bred to freshen at intervals of 15 months instead of 12 the production was increased 59 per cent A herd improvement association record of pounds of butterfat if made under ordinary farm conditions the bureau says Is equal to an ad danced registry or register of merit record of COO pounds |