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Show HERD TESTERS CONCLUDE TWO-DAY COLLEGE SESSION Herd testers in dairy herd improvement im-provement work' concluded their two-day state convention at the college here Tuesday. The convention conven-tion commenced Monday morning with 20 testers and dairy authorities author-ities participating in laboratory and lecture phases of instruction. Guest speaker of the convention was Roy C. Jones of Washington, D. C, extension dairyman with the United States department of agriculture, who is visiting Utah this week. Mr. Jones Tuesday ex- plained the department of agriculture's agri-culture's program for identification identifica-tion of herd animals and inform- the test, and -' exhibiting record books in improvement work; Le Roy Cooley of the Richmond-Lewiston Richmond-Lewiston 'district, demonstrating an up-to-date' record' book Including 305 day records; CarroE Bagley of the Utah-Wasatch county district dis-trict directing a discussion on completion of various form for the Washington, D. C. offices. Other testers participating in the conference were Junius Baird, tester for the Weber Central dairy association of Ogden; and J. Mack Rasband of Heber, newly appointed appoint-ed tester for the Weber-Box Eldei Davis county district. ed testers of the problems often j confronted by testers in various sections of the United States. He also directed general discussions. Lyman 5. Rich, extension dairyman dairy-man for the college, discussed the tester's work as it is seen in state offices, emphasizing importance of the tester's work in herd improvement improve-ment and in agricultural economy. Mr. Rich directed the convention. The Tuesday program was opened with W. W. Owens, assistant director di-rector of the college extension service, listing and describing essential es-sential qualifications of a tester to be most successful in promoting promot-ing general improvement of dairy herds and contributing to rural society. Herd testers who participated in the Tuesday program are Donald Madsen, Sanpete- Sevier- Piute County district, discussing record keeping "on southern afalfa hay; Grant Boam of the Salt Lake-Summit Lake-Summit county district, directing a discussion on dairy herd improvement im-provement testing as seen from the farmer's point of view; Sherman Sher-man Warburton of the Smithfield, district, describing problems and questions met on the farm by the tester; Preston Brenchley of the South Cache district, leading a discussion on signing up the improvement im-provement association at the beginning be-ginning of the year, importance of including the entire herd on |