Show in lu TEST roil FOR HOLSTEIN HOI BREEDERS at the regular meeting of 0 the directors or of the holstein friesian association ot of america held in memphis tenn in october they adopted tile the ilerd herd improvement registry offic lal fal testing this plau plan Is to be made effective january 1 1928 under the old rules official testing has been very expensive on oil the small breeders bleeders bre eders therefore only a few have tested their cows the new plan is to eliminate a lot of this cost hoping to interest the small breeder in getting records of his cows that will be of real value to his development the intent of the holstean pries frics tall ian in adopting a new form of test supplemental to testing lor for advanced registry is to give our breeders bleeders bre eders a test that shall be inter mediate between testing in cow testing association and testing tor for advanced registry stry a test that while made in small cost can be recognized by the association and the records made entered in a year book thus giving a real money value to tile the tests so made as well as assisting the owner in the improvement ot of his herd the herd improvement test is to be conducted at tile the lowest cost tor for a test ot of real value and also i with tile the least trouble to the owner ile he is to keep a stable milk sheet or stable cards on which he is to record the weight eight of each milking ot of each cow but will make no milk reports to the superintendent ot of advanced registry unless such reports are asked tor for the only milk reports that the superintendent of 0 advanced registry is likely to need and ask tor for are the productions of 0 a fresh cow prior to the first test ot of a new lactation period and the productions ll 11 0 of f a cow after the last monthly test of 0 her lactation period while milked regularly and producing marketable milk tile the suver supervisors visors are expected to be of use ilse to owners in computing feed costs that they may learn which cows it if kiy are kept at a loss or are least profitable as well as those which are most profitable the owner can then cull his herd intelligently as well as know which cows should be given the advantages of an advanced registry test grades may be included in the test and productions computed for owners but no credits tor for grades or common cows will be given by tho the advanced rc bistry ot of fice to the owner cow test association tests can call only bo be accepted when the association tester la is a regularly appointed and accredited supervisor per visor all and its ills monthly reports of official test are duly approved by his appointing officer the superintendent ot of official testing af pf the state in which tile the tests are made the rules of 0 the association tor for the conduct of the herd improvement pro test being fully complied compiled within the making of the tests any breeders bleeders bre eders interested in this work who desire more information can get copies of the rule books by writing the dairy department utah agricultural college |