Show nine counties make dairy improvements dairy herd hen improvement work now covers nine counties of the state with separate herds on test including 2320 cows according to lyman H rich U S A C extension dairyman for the past several years dairy herd improvement work has been carried on in three counties of the state with approximately cows on test but interest has so increased this year that three new associations have been organized in cache box elder weber davis morgan and tooele thoele counties mr rich reports the dairy herd improvement association is comprised of dairymen who cooperate in employing a trained man to visit their farms each month weigh and test the milk as well as figure the feed costs and profits and assist with herd man argement the four dairy herd improvement supervisors now employed are del gay working in utah salt lake summit and tooele thoele counties anthony collotti cover covering weber box elder davis and morgan counties junuas bair and orson have two associations in cache county the dairy herd improvement pro gram gives the farmer definite information so that he can efficiently cull out low producers and mal make possible the selection of heifers heffers from the highest producing cows for replacement purposes mr rich explained probably the greatest value comes from the evaluation of the dairy sire records are compiled on all of the laughters daughters of herd bull and compared with records 0 or their dams this makes it possible to lengthen the life and useful service of the outstanding sires of the state testing work is being done also I 1 in some of the southern counties of the state in coo cooperation P aeration with the county agents and creameries crea meries this work of course is private but definitely beneficial the weber gentral central dairy for example has approximately cows on test through their cooperative organization any dairyman desiring to cooperate in dairy herd improvement work should contact his county agent |