Show T S k 3 AIRL OW K TESTING PAYS DIVIDENDS LARGE r I Ie II I e t Records kept by testing cow-testing T s ions ns In North Carolina pay large J v when the results are studied f t d applied to the owners owner's herd tl 3 J. J A. A Arc Arey dairy extension sp O Alist t at nt the North Carolina State lel Allege mege to Mr Arey gives the experience of ot ofIa oto Ia o herds In one of these a- a lations a ons One herd contained 21 cows jj the other had only 9 J yet ct the I Iv v Difference In profit over fee feed cost was iy 51 1 In favor of ot the larger herd lc he e owner milked fed and tended 12 I ws s the greater part of of- ofa a year ear Jor for 01 1 The net receipts were D I b br the larger herd as compare compared with I P for th the small herd The own own- lid B of ot the smaller her herd had better bettel hI ws and fe fed them In proportion to toa a lr production CO c There here Is s a gradual Improvement In It r her herds s where the testing work Is being ig carried on states Mr Ir Arey I J he J e production cost shows a l d li dI i i t Ith th a corresponding Increase In acal ac- ac al production This he lie finds Is due lIue f the tile adoption of better feeding I and the elimination of the the r ti w producing cows PJ There has been an nn average of 20 meows sol sold each m lU mouth nth uth from the herds l Blithe the five testing cow-testing associations In ine e state says sa s 's Mr Arey Arc and this tula will continue until all un- un cows have been sold or i In the thc Wake-Dur- Wake f Twenty five cows ani am association were found to be unprofitable un un- Ia profitable and null were either cither sold or S In the tIle Davie Forsyth-Davie asS as as- i clafton seven cows caws were sold fort for ref f and other associations report t umbers umbers ranging from three t to seven seven- en cn as being sold or 01 slaughtered A A. A standard dairy ration ended by b the dairy extension Is being used usell In all nIl her herds s an anI and cords show that the thc average e I lon on on and cost Is s very close In all asso asso- I I If I |