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Show St. George and Santa Clara Dairymen Organize Testing Ass'n Meeting with dairymen of St. George and Santa Clara during a two-day visit in Washington county, Sept. 29 and 30, Lyman Rich, dairy specialist of the U. S. A. C, Logan, organized a cow testing association for the purpose of testing dairy cows for butter fat production, so that the owners may be able to cull their undesirable milk cows and give more interest to feeding the higher producers. Meet Held At Santa Clara Attending the meeting which was held in Santa Clara under the direction of Anson B. Call, county agent, were Everett Syphus, Rulon Ru-lon Cox, Murray Webb, David Foremaster, Harry Gentry, the Wells brothers and Mr. Call, all of St. George, and Julius Witt-wer Witt-wer of Santa Clara. The organization organ-ization was effected with Everett Syphus; president; Julius Wittwer, vice president; and Murray Webb, secertary and treasurer. Preceding the meeting, Mr. Rich accompanied Mr. Call to visit the various dairy herds in St. George and Santa Clara, especially es-pecially those having pure-bred dairy bulls. They explained to the growers the value of a cow-testing cow-testing organization, both for the purpose of culling from their herds the inferior producers, as well as to determine how the daughters of pure-bred sires compare com-pare with the records of their dams. For the first test, Mr. Call will gather the samples, Pay Garner, Smith-Hughes instructor at the Dixie junior college to be in charge of the testing. Later, an l Continued on page eight) Dairymen Meet (Continued from first page) individual will be appointed to take care of this work each month. During the meeting, Mr. Rich pointed out that it will cost approximately 25c per cow per month to pay for the materials and testing. While this may sound like a large amount to some, it is explained that the advantages ad-vantages to be gained in actual production will offset this charge fully. Tests To Be Recorded Each individual test will be recorded re-corded carefully and compiled, and a bulletin will be issued each month showing the report of each cow tested. The compiled annual reports will be sent to Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, and copies of this as well as of the monthly tests will be furnished each producer. Under the federal regulations, says Mr. Call, it is understood that all cows which freshen in the herds will be required to be put on the test. Through this method each dairyman will know which of his cows is worth increased in-creased production effort and which should be culled, and thus the grade of dairy cows will be materially improved in this area. |