Show I Milk Testing Traced To ro o Michigan Farmers By Louis Sellers Forty years ago a few progressive lairy fairy farmers in Michigan organ- organ zed the first testing cow-testing association n the United States They wanted to the profitableness of their They hired Wred a tester to weigh v Part of the increase in production production production tion can be credited to progressive progressive progressive sive Michigan dairy farmers and test the milk of each cow and to keep a record of her feed cost and jicome They wanted that information information tion ion so they could cull the low pro- pro lucers from their herds and feed he rest more economically In the first four years of their pio- pio jeer effort these Michigan farmers the average profit per cow Since ince then thousands of other dairy farmers have followed their exam- exam ale le with equally striking results |