Show D IRY STERILIZED VESSELS ESSENTIAL IN DAIRY The dairyman who does not have n a well well defined Idea of ot what each nn and every cow in his herd is producing Is In a n bad way vay for tor making the greatest possible Income out of his herd So many men cannot yet et realize the absolute necessity for use of ot the Babcock Babcock Babcock Bab- Bab cock tr test t for tor butterfat percentage de de- termination Year after year many a aman aman amm man mm works all day ny and half the night under the mistaken Impression that the cow that produces the most milk Is the best cow Such Is n not t always the case The cow that produces 40 pounds of milk a n day that tests 28 per cent returns returns returns re re- re- re turns 1120 pounds of butterfat which when sold at 40 cents a pound returns an nn Income of 4 45 cents dall daily The cow con that produces 25 pounds of milk a day testing 5 G per cent returns 1250 pounds o of butterfat which when sold soldat soldat soldat at 40 cents returns 50 cents per day lay In the course of ot a month the cow producing producing pro pro- 15 Hi pounds of ot milk less a n day will return to her owner ner more and If the same relation should hold true for a year this would amount to 18 difference which on a herd of ot 20 cows would run rUI into real mone money So It Is not always the low producer that should he be culled out There are more cows giving 40 pounds of 28 per percent percent percent cent milk than most people realize and usually they are nrc profitable cows but so often the cow producing hut but 25 pounds of 5 per cent milk Is re regarded as an unprofitable cow coy when In reality she returns more than the cow making 40 pounds dally daily A A J butterfat test on every cow every month of every year dear will serve sene as a valuable Indication of the true worth of the cows Such a test can cnn be obtained obtained ob ob- In almost every ery section of ot the state either through testing cow-testing associations associations asso asso- testing cow-testing circles cream stations county extension c agents or Smith Hughes schools A little trouble eVery very month may maysa sa save many a dollar spent for feed on onan onan onan an unprofitable cow II I. I R. R Lascelles Fieldman for Colorado State Dairy Commission |