Show RE FOR A COW TESTING association there is one best way of learning the cost of Ite keeping a cow and that is by membership in a cow testing association one may beaure this information by b keeping careful record but with the cow testing association you have an experienced man jhc v 10 checks up tip with you and should discover any mistake the cost of membership is sc small when compared with the amo amount tint of information mid and good one can got cot out of it the rile TIM num n ber of cows will sovern govern the co usually there are from GOY GOO t r cows in III it 11 testing 1 associate ion it costs coats about to fo each cow for the year surel sural it is worth this much to linov how much it cd costs ts you to kee a cow to learn the amount 0 milk amount of butterfat buttari butt cri at anc am coat 0 of f feed to produce the mill mil the price of liny hay this year i 1 another good reason why one 0 these associations should bo be or gani zed A member in fit one of these a soc socia tiona lations last month saved non ly one dollar per cow on oil ills his fedec bill over the proceeding month by feeding a cheaper ration rec om commended mended by the tester havin th osame feeding value but mor polished reU roli shed by the cows while th clr average flow of milk rema inci the same operation cooperation co besides the test ing can bo be carried a little f ruthc and where feed stuff of any kinc khu must be purchased it can call br b done in ili carload lots for dit Teren members again making it a sav ing that would more than pa the cost of membership The tenter can call help in ili man ways to illustrate in ili on ona as Boci ution he made maa a monthly tes of mill in order tc keep a chuck check on oil the efficiency 0 the separator these result are arc very interesting aw rag skimmed milk tests for on month was 2 13 of one per con cen butterfat average skimmed milk test for another month six aix month later was of 1 per cent but total saving in butterfat of one per cent there were twenty two crean separators owned by member of this association so baratin daily an average of pound of milk thus by increased inci cased skim mod med efficiency pounds 0 butterfat per day or a total 0 pounds for the period 0 days were saved at cents bonts per pound this had a value of the operative cooperative co ownership 0 purebred pure bred bulls can call more successfully be carried on because of the association one man amigh not be able to buy a good sir aira e but two or even three could join together in fit owning a good bull another reason for these associations is to find out the scrub cow lie he boarder cow when you know costs coats of feed product ion you know whether a tow cow i profitable or not during the first six aix months of one association seventy cows were disposed of for beef bee because ause they would make better beef than producers of butterfat this was a little over ten tell per cent of all the cows cow in the association there is nothing that will increase the value of grade a well as purebred cows as wil I 1 records of production the purchasing of d dairy alry cow can be well taken care of by one of these associations do you know what the brodu production c in either pounds of milk or butterfat amounts to in a years time for the individual cows coas in your herd do you know what the feed costs per cow amount to do you know whether or not you are feeding tile most economical ono mical and productive ration that you might feed do you attempt in any manner to balance your feeding ration do you ou know whether the production tion of your herd bord today is is greater than six six eight or ten years iio ilac hac ila ha c you any realization of how much the net profits of our hord herd would be increased if the five lowest producing COWK cow were vere replaced replace by just two good aws A man who is a member of a cow testing association is me of a group of twenty five to hirty fellow dairymen who are arc io o operating to employ a man aho vho gives all of his time to obtaining and posting the records record 3 jf A milk production test af the milk amount and value of the led consumed and the profit nd los loa for each cow in ili the cow sting association in fit which ho employed if you tire are skeptical as to the jue of a 11 cow testing assoria on why just for your own sat faction weigh and test one lay day or er month the milk from each ow in your herd and post your accords in such manner that you lill n ye refer for to them 1 later ater then if ou are honest with yourself ou will admit the V value of re IT ord work and will either faith ully continue it or will join a ow testing association alax lofgren in utah F farmer armor |