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Show VALUE OF TEST ASSOCIATIONS Information Obtained by Members Enables Them to Weed Out Unprofitable Animals. There is plenty of evidence on file In the United States Department of Agriculture to convince anyone of the value of cow-testing associations as a means of developing profitable dairy herds. In all these associations records rec-ords are kept of the amount of milk produced and feed consumed by each cow, and with this Information the members of the association are able to weed out the poor producers of the herd to make room for the heifer calves of the cows that give the largest larg-est production of milk and butterfat. This practice, together with the use of purebred bulls,ls the best and surest sur-est way of building up the dairy herd, say dairy specialists of the department depart-ment 300-Pound Cow Best. It is much cheaper to milk and care for one cow giving 800 pounds of butterfat but-terfat In a year than It is to milk and care for throe cows giving 100 pounds of butterfat each, and the 300-pound cow will not eat as much as tb,e three 100-pound cows. " K Shelter for Dairy Cows. It isn't difficult to put a barn or shed in condition for dairy cows. The main essential Is to provide a tight roof, a dry fioor, and to admit fresh air and sunlight. |