Show DAI dairy POINTS IMPROVE CAPACITY OF COWS testing aid dairyman in cullina out undesirable animal animals in herd the chief agencies for improving the capacity of dairy cow cows are the cow testing and testing for ud ad vinced registration according to state dairy extension specialists sis tile former aids aide the farmer dairyman to fit lie up hie him herd cull out the undesirable and mw let hie his dairy upon a business busl nees basis ther the testing of pure pum bred cows for advanced registry sorts out the mot most desirable cow cows and bully for the improvement of the brood breed and Iti furnishes large numbers of bulls unit that am available to former farmer dairymen for mating with cow cows selected through the use of the cow cov testing in the tile register the largest of nil all the breeds breads cowe cows and bulls bull shave have been admitted among these animals are found cowe which have produced over 1000 pounds butterfat in one year the highest yearly record for butter Is held by may walker stead who produced pound pounds the cow holding the worlds milk record Is in segis Pleter prospect which in one year produced gallons or an average of over 51 1 quart a day SEE DAIRY PROFITS IN 1923 year Is seen ahead by iowa ex bort rt but much depends on andl vidual farmer from all indications farmers who milk cows cos tn in 1023 have haie a good year ahead saye says Q 33 rinley finley an iowa dairy expert however profits will depend much upon the individual farmer tamer the extent to which irwill it will be pos a athle to cash in on the good year ahead III depend largely upon fen ten things which are as follows 1 get a held field of ol alfalfa or clover large enough to supply the herd 2 bave ample aldage 8 feed rations suited to the conle con a needs 4 weed out the unprofitable cows 5 weigh the milk each day 0 feed according to production 7 make your barn more sanitary and comfortable 8 supply the beet beat quality of or product to the consume rand the creamery possible 0 put your herd on a business basis by being in a cow testing association 10 buy a sire from good producing purebred ancestry BASIS FOR DAIRY INDUSTRY dont walt wait in meadows for cow to back up to be milked waste converted into milk dont alt sit down in the meadow and wait for the cow to back up to be milked go iro after the cowa cow the basis for the whole dairy industry Is the cow colv and if farmers are going to utilize to the beet best advantage the quantities of rough roughage that annually are wasted on every farm they must go after the cow there Is no way to convert the corn com the hay the clover the straw and the abundance of other forage into a marketable form so quickly and so economically as via balte byi deeding eding to tho the dairy cow caw she woe works day and night summer and winter week wk days and sundays in flood and drought to convert the unmarketable waste of the farm into a finished and valuable product of human food the first thing Is to get the cowa profeta are then assured STEADY INCOME FROM DAIRY distributes marketing throughout year and give employment in the dull months the dairy heri herd returns a constant income to the owner distributes the marketing period throughout the year gives employment for the winter months which would otherwise be largely wasted from a productive standpoint and reduces the crops to their most compact form it if dairying continues to be managed by men of industry tend foresight it cannot fall ADVANTAGE IN KNOWING COW small breeder to a in better position to increase milk yield than large owner in the matter of knowing the in dl duality of the cows the small breeder has an advantage ove the roan man with a large herd the man with or more cannot know latow his animals so well nor hope to get so much out of them the old baying saying know thyself Is no more excellent than Is in the one know thy cows r PLAN TO AVOID DIRTY MILK where co cow are aro kept indoor indoors for greater part of day pay attention to bedding dirty milk Is most often caused by the accumulation of dirt on the cow when confined to the table stable tor for the greater part of the day while the cowe cows are am kept indoors most of the time more attention should be given to the bedding and the manure should be removed frequently |