Show T T TA E improvement IMPROVE MINT OF THE DAIRY HERD records cre create ate frien friendly aly competitive spirit Nume numerous ious advant advantages figes of dairy ilerd improvement nt association york aro are listed in a summary or of thi tha rj r suits of the associations activities or the year car ended n july 1 1028 which tins lias just been published by the coto colo rado agricultural college cow testing records leapt by the alio association enable dairymen dady nien to cull cows select heffers heifers for the youris young herd determine tile tho worth of f the bull and intelligently conduct feeding operations the report states elates C A smith fiel dinan for the state dairy co commissioner mull sa loner prepared the alie summary which states vint that tho the association records create a friendly competitive spirit between dairymen which tends to raise the production of 0 the herd and makes for more efficient mann management gement lie adds davy dalry berd improvement association records are becoming more ani an I more necessary io to tile s successful sale of surplus fema females leg tile the man who Is going into the delry business busine to today j fly wants with authentic production records behind them the dairyman who tins has such records on his cows can sale stock the rhe as association work also presen presents t s an opportunity for n community t to make a name for itself ns as a 0 center for high class stock of a particular breed tile hie cow testers records cordi re show that the ninn man who fed a balun balanced ced ration according to production had a succulent winter feed took tile lie chill of oil the water in winter tame supplement ed cd pasture grain find the larger return above feed cost coples copies of the alie report may he be obtained from the extension serille of the state ti agricultural college let dairy cow market home grown grain feed the dairy cow furnishes a bacr market today tor for feed than ever before says 11 it searles dairy specialist cfall A VM ith the agricultural extension division university of minnesota mr searles has been comparing prices and finds ands that while tile the prices bricea of dairy feeds have increased increase ed 24 pe per r cent kince 1014 1914 butterfat hutter fat prices havo have mounted moun teda about bod t 70 per cent in the same period in 1014 1914 with butterfat selling at 30 cents a pound the pound cow cov returned DO 00 at a feed cost of 45 or a return over feed cost of of 45 11 says saya mr searles Se ailes in 1927 1027 with butterfat butterf nt tit at 51 rents cents a pound the SOO pound cow returned at a feed cost of about 50 leaving a return over feed cost of 97 tills this cow then in 1027 returned 52 more over feed cos cost t than she did in 1014 1914 translated into terms of return over feed costs the increase in favor of 0 1027 has hag been around per cent it pays to feed grien to good cows for the man who has tho the cows they are a better market for his hia feed graan than the elevator if be heis short of grain ho he can afford to buy it tit at present prices the proper grain ration fed with roughage age will brently increase his lla income for the roughage he la Is selling through the cow cow testing association reports show that as aa the production of butterfat increases from froin I 1 00 pounds per cow to pounds the price received for the roughage the cow cats increases from per ton to 39 per t ton on outdoor exposure quite harmful carml ul to dairy cows tests at state experiment stations show that thai a dairy coy cow drinks about four gallons of water for ench cadi gallon of 0 milk she produces this means that a cow giving five gallon milk a day must have hava approximately 20 gallons of water dairymen have observed that co cows ws compelled to drink at tin an unheated outdoor tank in cold weather do not take as much miach water as they need they also consider outdoor exposure harm ful to the cows when the winds tire coad and tile the weather stormy members of dairy herd improvement associations ciati ilat citations lons ons often find that the installation of automatic drinking cups in their barns increases the production of their cows caws 0 or 10 per cent A minnesota dairyman says that k keeping cep a constant supply of fresh writer water before hla his cows in drinking cups saved him an hours labor a day he con elders s his investment in drinking cups cupi one of the most profitable he fie ever made ideal dairy barn bam two requirements pt of a dalry dairy barn wall ivall must be met in order to provide warmth the wall must bo be airtight to prevent drafts and it roust must be built of materials and after n plan which reduces heft hea 1 loss lesa by radiation to a minimum incidentally when both these requirements i for warmth are anra met the problem of successful and et ef ventilation Is greatly tied flod walls walla constructed for warmth combined with an approved ventilation system eliminate 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