Show cull animals create big milk surplus cows cowa are not high producing tho the offenders offended ra in putting surplus milk and bu butterfat on oil the market it Is the cull cow of 0 the country that produces the dairy product a at it a high cost to the producer and createau the surplus which lowers the price says coun county ty agent ray thatcher A farmer milking 39 cows with an average yield ot of pounds of butterfat would make about 1500 above the cost ot of teed feed for family living and other expenses such a herd would put on the market pounds of milk and pounds ot of butterfat butter tat A lierd ot of only 15 cows would make the same approximate return to the tanner farmer above teed feed cost it if these cows were pound producers yet these high yielding cows would put on the market only pounds of 0 milic and pounds ot of butterfat butter tat such a herd pays the rural fam ilys cost of living ingrith with much less labor and overhead high unit production per cow per acre and per man hour are the great needs of modern dairying the agent declares efficiency has always paid both in business and on the farm it la Is an american institution ten percent of 0 of dairy cows in 1953 were high producers averaging pounds of 0 milk and pounds of butterfat butter tat their owners know their production because they keep the efficient records available from 20 dairy herd improvement associations in 16 counties this service its is available to all utah dairymen the he agent concludes ile he can furnish more information |