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Show Dairy Herd Improvement Reflected. in Milk Pail "Wisconsin leads all other states in the number of dairy herd improvement improve-ment associations. It has 154 out of a total of nearly 1,100 in all the states, according to repoi-ts compiled by the bureau of dairy Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture. These associations give dairymen information as to the profitableness of their cows. On the basis of such information, in-formation, association members have been weeding out the less desirable animals and retaining heifers from the more productive cows. The value of this practice is reflected in the steady increase in the average production of the cows under test in these associations. associ-ations. In 1920 the average production produc-tion per cow in these herds was 247 pounds of butterfat. In 1924 this had increased to an average of 279 pounds. According to the bureau's records the production figures for the years from 1925 to 1928 were 284 pounds, 280 pounds, 293 pounds, and 295 pounds. |