Millard County Chronicle | 1928-09-20 | Page 6 | Government Cows Make Records for Production

Government Cows VS Mahe Records for Production As a part of the work In d dairy cattle lr breeding b by the bureau of dairy industry United States s Department Department De- De of Agriculture production records are kept of at nil all animals I the herds owned and managed by bJ the bu bu- reau These herds are located nt at IlIe Md d Mont Ardmore S. S D. D Woodward Okla Okia and Ib La Two of the major dah dairy breeds are represented namely Holstein and Jersey At least two r records cords are made of each animal one at nn an earl early ag age andone and one when mature Since these projects projects were started Sn In WID 1910 n a total of official yearly rl records of at par bred cows have been completed Of these WO were made by the Holsteins lIol Hol- steins with nn an average yearly per cow of 15 77 pounds of milk and nd fi 5 3 pounds ot of butterfat at an average age or of four Cour years and one oue month The 84 head of Jerse Jerseys s 's had records with a yearly average ot of pounds of milk and pounds of at butter fat per cow at the average age of at three years ears eleven en months