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Show Dairymen Take Interest When Records Are Kept Dairymen members of the New York dairy record clubs make profitable use of their club records, says Prof. C. G. Bradt of the New York State College of Agriculture. Returns from 165 club members in dicate, he states, that the records lead to culling unprofitable cows, to more efficient feeding, and to the selection of the best calves for herd replacements. replace-ments. Sixty-five per cent of those who reported said that the milk they delivered at milk plants had shown, by tests there, a higher content of butter-fat. butter-fat. Club members also said they took greater interest in their cows because they kept records, and that the service saves waste on grain feeding, since cows are fed according to the amount of milk and but'terfat they produce. The records of the clubs also helped dairymen to avoid the raising of calves from cows which were low in milk and butterfnt production. |