Show X 6 9 ar d PA C TS FEWER AND BETTER ANIMALS IN HERD illinois specialists advice to dairymen approximately could be added to the annual income of illinois farmers keeping dairy cattle and no more milk would be put on the market if the cows in the state were replaced by cows as good as the average cow in tho the dairy herd improvement pro associations according to prof 0 S rhode dairy extension specialist of the college of agriculture university of illinois fifty five or of those these associations organized in 73 counties by the college extension service are helping herd owners increase their not net returns th tho associations supply dairymen at low cost with production and feed records and give them help on feeding and management problems A cow has to give about pounds of butterfas but terfa t a year before she returns enough to pay for her feed and an equal amount to cover other expenses according to records which professor rhode has tabulated on of the association cows As it Is the average cow in the state produces about pounds this Is evidence enough that under tinder present low prices higher efel clency in production and improved feeding practices are essential for satisfactory is returns cows with a production of approximately pounds of fat returned above cost of feed A 50 pound increase in production was good for an additional income of 28 20 above cost of feed |