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Show What Cow-Testing Showed. The average production of all dairy rows in the United States is 160 pounds of butterfat a year, according to estimates. The average production of all cows in 40 cow-testing associations associa-tions studied by investigations of the United States department of agriculture agricul-ture was 247 pounds a year. Careful tabulations of the records of the 40 as' sociations show that a production of 160 pounds of butterfat a year gave an income of $23 over cost of feed, while the average income over cost of feed for all the cows in these associations was $17, or a little more than twice as much. Undoubtedly the dairymen who join cow-testing associations are more progressive pro-gressive than the average, and own cows and farms that are much above the average, but the fine shewing made by association cows should be credited, credit-ed, in large measure, to association work. Certainly the cow-testing associations asso-ciations return many dollars more than they cost. It Is encouraging also t(j know that the cow-testing association records indicate that the large-producing dairy cows are the least affected by the increased cost of feeds. Therefore, There-fore, every dairyman should aim to keep them where they will .continue-the .continue-the economical production of. human food. Economical production can be obtained not only through careful selection se-lection oT dairy cattle, but through intelligent in-telligent breeding and skillful feeding. |