Show cow testing in summit the county agent returned last saturday from a very profitable week spent in balleys pai Pal leys park testing cows tor for butter tat fat this was the result of a cow testing project planned last winter at the anual meeting or of tile tho parleys park farm bureau the project plan called for tho the weighing and testing ot of milk front six herds in the valley john it porter was placed in charge of the project and has succeeded in getting every dairyman in the valley interested in cow testing work thirteen dairymen with about cows applied for tho the to be done with the assistance of mr porter and detlet detlef stoven a high school boy the agent tested cows for nine dairymen during thelast week weck the tests teats were make from composite samples taken from two mil bilkings kings there was more interest and talk about cows this week than any other week in the history of the valley owners children and the women folks talked bantered wag continuously the tests were looked tor for as eagerly as santa clause is on christmas morning following Is the number ot of c ws we and an d the averages of the herds gilen in the order in which they were tested e d herd no no cows aver tet test 1 46 2 9 3 30 4 29 1 5 55 6 25 7 IS 8 14 9 14 the milk produced in parleys park is sent to the sweet milk market in salt lake the dairymen have many fine cows good barns which have recently been whitewashed and facilities for cooling second to none in ilie world fresh spring water at about falve to fifty five degrees is available at each place A dairy dalry mans life is one ot of loyalty and hard work there is an important mission producing the greatest of human food milk S R DOSWELL county agent |