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Show Dairy Herd Improvement Organization Prospects Good For Sanpete & Sevier Counties Wednesday sixty-five farmers from five towns in the Gunnison Valley met at the Gunnison Valley High School with County Agent C. O. Stott and H. A. Mathiesen, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 318 Federal Building, Salt Lake City and in cooperation with wo dairy leaders and the County A-rnt S. R. Boswell of Sevier County, worked out plans for organization of i dairy herd improvement association, rormerly known as a cow testing association. as-sociation. I This meeting was one of a series of meetings that have been held throughout Sanpete and Sevier Counties Coun-ties during the week for the purpose of presenting to the farmers the ev-rry-other-mnnth plan of organization for cow testing work. The idea has aken very well and at this time appears ap-pears from the keen interest shown that such an association will be organized or-ganized jointly in the two counties within the next thirty days. A farmer with ten cows or more will require one full day of the testers test-ers time, while two men, with less han ten cows may enter with one days work. According to plans worked work-ed out. yesterday at Gunnison it will cost $35.00 for the year for the man with one full day or $20.00 each where two farmers enter with nine cows or less. Where this sixty day plan has been in in operation and checked out with 'he regular cow testing plan or thirty day test interval, it has checked within with-in less than one percent of being accurate ac-curate as a daily weighing and testing test-ing of milk for the full lactation period. It is the plan to bring in an experienced exper-ienced dairyman and one with cow testing association experience to handle the testing work in this organization. or-ganization. This plan of testing when in operation opera-tion will accomodate ninety dairy herds in the two counties, or approximately approx-imately 800 cows. Farmers interested inter-ested in Joining should make application appli-cation to their respective county agents. |
