Gunnison Valley News | 1919-10-03 | Page 5 | Cow-Testing Associations "Making Good"

COW-TESTING ASSOCIATIONS "MAKING GOOD" i - - . i r I I'uif.mcA'jl 6F1TT I ' ' I j t$ . ,1 II nl j' A A I A f ;i ill ! n 'V 11 1 teMtfxi,Ms& Xvx-.xJ ' ,'. .g&fcj(& I A Babccck Tester for Determining Percentage of Fat in Milk. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) That cow-testing associations are successful is shown by the fact that three associations have been organized by members of the county farm bureau in Lake county, Illinois, during the past 18 months. At present these three associations have 1,430 cows on test. There are 17 similar organizations in Dlinois and 353 in the United States. The report of the tester of Association No. 2 for the period ending November No-vember 1, 1918. shows that 21 herds were tested during the year; that of the 495 cows on test, 260 finished a complete record, and 135 were sold for beef because they were not profitable. The average production per cow of the entire association was 7.473 pounds of milk and 2S2.4 pounds of butterfat. The average test was 3.7S per cent. The market value of milk per cow was $209, value of feed $113, leaving a net return over feed of $96 a cow. Forty-five I lure-bred cows were purchased during the year, and every member but one ised a pure-bred hull.