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Show BETTER MILK COWS NEEDED The present low average of the Nation's Na-tion's dairy cows is a serious handicap to consumers as well as to producers of dairy products, says the Bureau of Dairy Industry, United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture. Because of the low production per cow, many dairy farmers are working for a very low wage and are actually feeding their cows at a loss. With fewer cows and a higher average production per cow the net profits of the average dairy farm could be greatly increased. It is estimated that the average yearly production per cow of the 22,500,000 milk cows in the United States is 4,-600 4,-600 pounds of milk containing 180 pounds of butterfat. o |