Show HERD RECORDS OF MUCH importance improvement associations 1 growth aid to farmers prepared by the united loj ted states state department of f agri agriculture c altur dairy farmers farmers in the united states apparently are taking increasing interest la in the bookkeeping end of their business if the growth of the dairy herd berd improvement association move merit la Is a fair indication there are now 1090 such associations in this country according to dr J C mcdowell Dowell Uc of the bureau of dairy dat ry industry united states department of agriculture an increase of nearly 50 per per cent in the last tour four years ile he predicts a continued growth of the mo increment ement and cites its past history to support his view the idea of keeping production and cost coat records on the dalry dairy herd started with one cow testing association in 1900 1906 doctor mcdowell McDo weIl recalls by the end of 1921 1924 there were dalry dairy herd improvement associations as they are now called during the next four years the annual growth growt h of the movement was even greater in 1923 there ai nas as a gain of 43 45 associations or 8 6 per cent ceat over the previous year in 1926 there was a gain of GO CO or a 8 per tent cent in 1927 a gain of or 13 per cent and in 1928 a gain of associations ciati Clat ions ons or 15 per cent thus alius there were 1090 associations on january 1 1929 1029 in which the members ers were keeping bo books on eos cos this represents a remarkable grow grom th in the use of business method on the dairy farm says doctor me dowell but there are still about cows being abeln kept for milk in the united states whose hose owners might also profit by entering them in a dairy herd improvement association |