Duchesne Record | 1916-02-23 | Page 3 | Record Keeping Pays Well

RECORD KEEPING PAYS WELL Everything Must Be Determined in Light of Scales Babcock Test and Cost of Pr Production Before the results of modern herd records were known dairy cattle were admitted to the herd books and bought and sold chiefly on their outward outward out out- ward appearances There was no standard by which to determine the tho relation of or form to production A nice-looking nice cow was the one which brought the most mon money y What constituted constituted constituted con con- such a cow was largely a mater matter matter mat mat- ter er of ot opinion or prejudice With the introduction of or herd records records rec rec- opinions came camo to bo be valued Indirect in indirect indirect direct proportion to ones one's understanding understand understand- ing of the relation of form to tion Everything must be determined in the light of tho the sc scales les the Babcock test and the cost of milk