Show Associations Increasing With dairy farmers awakened to the need for tor keeping complete and records on the production of their cows dairy herd improvement improvement improvement improve improve- ment association which make this record keeping a main part of their allover all allover organized being business tare are over the country says gays tho the Bureau of Dairy Industry U. U S. S D. D A. A The Tho first dairy herd Improvement improvement improve Improve- I in the United I ment went association States was organized in Michigan in I test cow it commenced 1906 1905 and Since ing work the tho following year constant in increase increase in- in hen then there has been of ot these as as- as crease in the tho number 1090 There are now active associations which Is la twice number In 1922 and they are ke keep keep- p Ing records on nearly cow cows s well managed In the case of most associations rapid gains In production production made in the furst tion per co cow w are of the tho associations associations four tour or five faye years In the case caso of tion tion's s existence three typical associations the aver aver- I ago age production of ot butterfat per cow cov Increased progressively from year from the first ito to year from to year I averages wore five years when combined the ye yearly riy production of First butterfat was as follows follow year pounds second year ear pounds n third year pounds fourth year 92 pounds fifth firth year fifth year pounds I The Tile Sanpete County associations making special progress |