Show HERD RECORDS OF MUCH 1 IMPORTANCE Improvement Associations Associations' Growth Aid to Farmers Prepared by the United States Department of ot Agriculture re Dairy limiters farmers in the United States apparently ire arc taking Increasing interest In InterEst Interest In- In terest In the hook bookkeeping keeping end of their business If the growth of the dairy dairy- herd Improvement association movement move move- move movement ment Is n a fair In indication There are now 1090 1000 such associations associations J in this country according to Dr J J. J C. C McDowell of the bureau of dairy Industry United States Department of ot Agriculture nn an increase of ot nearly ly 50 0 per cent In the last four years ears He predicts a continued growth of the movement mo and cites its past history to support his view The l Idea eu of keeping production and co cost t records on the tho dairy herd start started d with one testing cow association in Doctor McDowell recalls By lly the end of ot i 10 there were 73 herd dairy Improvement associations as ns they are arenow arenow arenow now called During the next four years ears the annual growth of the movement movement move move- ment went was even greater In 1025 1935 there was a n gain of ot 45 associations or 6 per cent over o the previous ious year ear in 1920 there was u a gain of ot CO GO or 8 per tent rent In 1927 a n gain aln of or r 13 3 per percent percent cent an and in 1928 1923 n a gain of associations associations asso asso- or 13 lv per cent Thus there were 1090 associations on January 1 I 1029 1929 in which the members mem mem- hems bers were keeping books bools on cows This represents a remarkable le growth In the use of business method on the dairy farm sa says s 's Doctor McDowell Mc lic Dowell but hut there are still about 21 21 cows being kept for milk in inthe inthe 1 1 the United States whose owners might also profit by entering them In a n dairy dairy- herd Improvement association |