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Show H THE BUHL COW TESTING ASSOCIATION I B Tho rapid progress of tho dairy S Industry in tho Twin Falls, Idaho, B country Is manifested by tho organ- B lzatlon of tho Buhl Pioneer Cow Test- fi Ing Association. ' This association IB has 26 members with a total of 570 HC cows enrolled. Of these, thcro are R 47 registered Hotstctns, 25 registered M Jerseys and the remainder graded Holstelns, Jorseyfe, Guernsoys, Ayr- shires and Shorthorns. In thl.i organization, a trained tost- AS cr is employed who spends a day ov- J cry month with each of tho herds In jH tho association. Ho weighs and sam- hB pics tho milk from each cow at milk- P lng tlmo and figures tho amount of BJ roughago and concentrates given each Be cow. From this day's record ho com- J putes tho milk and fat production BJ and cost of feed for each cow for H tho current month. BJ In Denmark where this work orlg- H lnatcd tlio improvement of dairy cat- H tlo is very marked duo to theso as- BJ Boclatlons tho average annual yield BJ of butter per cow having Increased H from 12 pounds in 1881, to 221 pounds In 1908. BJ Thero are approximately 200 Buch BJ associations in tho United States and BJ they aro gaining rapidly in popular- BJ Hy. Many dairymen who. would not BJ g0 to the troublo of testing their H herds themselves aro glad to avail H themselves of tho opportunity of us- H ing tho association. BJ Tho first month's report of tho H Buhl Cow Testing Association shows BJ that 45 cqws produced 40 pounds or BJ moro of butter fat and tho avcrago BJ cost of producing this fat was 14 1-2 BJ cents per pound. E. V. Ellington, BJ Professor of Dairying. |