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Show Half a Million Boarder Cows in New York State Four hundred and sixty-two thou: and New York state cows do not pro ! nee onoe.gk butler fat to pay their 1 ourJ bill, says l'rofessor II. A. lloppr of the New York State College of grl-eulture grl-eulture at Ithaca. Yet, he com i:. lies, tliey add c:nH!;!li to the total pr.hie-tion pr.hie-tion of milk and cream to depress market mar-ket prices on the product of the 'JMS,-000 'JMS,-000 good cows in the slate. According to Professor lloprer, there are 5o.000.0o0 more point's of butter fat in storage now than a year ago, which causes the lower price In dairy products. Under such eondi'.:ons it is oven more than usually i.nporiant on account of present high feed prices to cull out the low producers. Culling was never more necessary or needed worse than al the present time, says l'rofessor Hopper. One third of New York's cows are not only failing to pay their own way, but are making It dillieult for the other IWN.OOO cows to return a profit. The cow-testing associations now In operation in various parts of the slate are doing valiant work in coping with this menace to the dairy industry, but what is needed is more of them and more men who are not afraid to beef the low producers. The scales and I'nlieoek test for butter fat will weed out the poor cows, if their owners will see their duty and do It; and better bet-ter rations anil more home-grown feeds will increase the net earnings of tlw good ones. |