Rich County Reaper | 1931-12-04 | Page 2 | Culling the Herd

culling the herd I 1 if dairymen cull at the normal rate the animal husbandry department of tile the new york state college of 91 agriculture says new york state will have nearly more cows in 1912 1932 than there are now in the state at present there are 7 per cent more cows and 28 per cent more heffers heifers bel hei fers one to two years jears old than there were in the state in 1027 at the department estimates that if the poorest of every seven cows Is slaughtered it would remove about Ift 1101 OOOO wa cows from competition they go further and say it would be better to sell these cows at any price rather than to take a loss on every pound of milk they give