Show selecting dairy sire on basis of past rec records ta rn selecting a dairy bull on the basis of the hie records of his ancestors consideration should be given to the conditions under which the records were made says the united states department part ment of agriculture an an investigation by the bureau of dairy industry at beltsville mil md showed that flint when cows were milked and fed three imps dimps a day instead of twice confined in box stalls instead of in stanch stanchions lops fed enough to make them fat instead of keeping them in ordinary flesh and hied bred to freshen at intervals of lf 15 months instead of 12 the file production asis increased BO per cent A herd improvement association record 0 rd of pounds of butterfat it made under ordinary farm conditions the bureau says Is equal to an advanced registry or register of merit record of COO pounds |