Show COW TESTING IS IMPORTANT progress has seen been made in re ra placing inferior bulls bull with high class animals prepared by the th anil d stats slat department of AgO agriculture culture numerous examples of the salu valuable able work vork being done by cow testing associations ciati clat lons ons tire lire contained in reports of testers of these orga ions sent to I 1 the lie N western estern office of the dairy din dhillon islon of the 1 united states department of agriculture according to the reports marked progress has been made in replacing inferior eror bulls bull with high class purebred i nn mals six of 0 the testing associations of three are in idaho two in chloi colorado ado and one in ili washington lieve readied reached the per cent purebred pun bred hull bull mark haning eliminated all scrub sires from herda another per cent association was vias added to the list in january la nuary and several I 1 others fire are getting near this mark I 1 the petaluma Iet Pet aluma col association h has only two scrub bulls left tile the da dairy ry department of the local farm bureau of tile the county in which the association Is located has a plan for an annual purebred bull sale the first of which was held sv several eral months ago young bulls out of pound dams and older bulls are consigned to this sale by breeders bleeders bre eders and by dairymen wishing to of bulls which they have used av as long iong ns as they can in their own herds herd the sale ale was ive 1 ie means of introducing 25 purebred bulls into the i county arid and the aso association clation hopes by this menns means to eliminate nil all scrub bulls from the county and to keep the dalry dairy men supplied with good bulls in the future through these sales it also hopes hones to open a market tor for proved pro cd bulls and so kern kem these bulls in service in the county for many years the tester of the skagit valley wash association reports that dat the last list scrub bull has bas been discharged from service ile ie also says that one farmer increased his production by 12 pounds of fat per cow on 25 cows from november to december by better caro care and feeding and adds that this Is an easy nay of getting pounds of fat more a month without milking any more cows the head tester for the los angeles cal association reports an increased T V enly purebred bulls of known breed ing should be use used 6 in bull assoria eions alone production by the cows in the tor for december 1920 as cam compared pared nith december 1919 be fays kierns an increase of 0 more than a month I 1 one herd of 30 cows in orange county california Cali forna increased its pro ti front from 19 15 pounds of fat per row cow in september to 38 36 pounds in december largely as a result of the its ocl a lion hon this Inc increase reaze of pounds ot of fat a month Is more than some SO 30 cow herds are giving at ahls season he reports another herd berd in this association increased front from art an average of 27 pounds pounds per cow to 41 in six bonhs one dal dairyman ryman in the bisoi all culls culled 13 animals front from a 45 caw herd and liy by so doing decreased decre aed cd his production only I 1 12 gallons a day arf saved save over GO a 1101 ill the tester lester of the ada association in ID idaho that every cow in if the 1 e hns has been tested fur for r every lierd herd in INS association by a pui bred bull and 5 per cent of sill all cows colts are purebred |