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Show DAIRY HERD IMPROVEMENT REFLECTED IN THE MILK PAIL Wisconsin leads all other states in the number of dairy-herd Improvement Improve-ment associations. It has 151 out of. otal of nearly 1,100 in all the states, -"' according to reports compiled by the Bureau of Dairy Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture. Agricul-ture. These associations give dairymen information as to the profitableness of their cows. On the basis of such information, association members have leen weeding out the less desirable animals and retaining heifers from the more productive cows. The value of this practice is reflected in the steady Increase in the average production pro-duction of the cows under test In these associations. In 1020 the average production pro-duction per cows in these herds was 247 pounds of butterfat. In 1021 this had increased to an average of 270 pounds. According to the bureau's records rec-ords the production figures for the years from 1923 to 192S were 284 pounds, 280 iounds, 203 pounds, and 205 pounds. |