Millard County Chronicle | 1913-08-14 | Page 7 | Good of Cow Testing Club

GOOD OF COW TESTING CLUB Many Unscientlflo Dairymen Relying . on His Eyes and Own Judgment Rather Than Record. There are too many cows Id herds of tbe American farmer tbat do not pay for tbelr own keep, much less yielding a profit, but the unscientific dairyman who relies alone on bis eyee and own Judgment rather than on records rec-ords of yield aud Income, keeps on until he has bis eyea opened by tbe progress of his neighbor, wbo may bave Joined a cow-testing association. As Illustrative of the difference In value of tbe average cows in a herd, may be cited tbe record of tbe work of cow-testing associations In operation opera-tion la tbe state of Iowa since 1909 Tbe best cow of the C8 tested returned re-turned a profit of $106.77, while tbe poorest cow showed a loss of $19 44. Tbe average profit from the best cow In esch of the 4 herds tested was $59 04, and from the poorest cow In esch herd. 1 16 63. Prom the data presented pre-sented tt has been estimated that ten years In a cow-Urstlug association ought to bring all the cows up to nearly near-ly MO pounds of butter fat per year.