Show FARM TOPICS EAR TAGS REVEAL DAIRY CRIMINALS Is equivalent to fingerprinting in humans equivalent to fingerprinting finger printing in humans is the ear tagging system tem that reveals dairy cows and families that are enemies to profitable dairy farming new york state is one ot of the states operating cooperating co with the united states bureau of dairy industry at washington in permanently identifying all animals in dairy herd improvement pro associations according to professor S J brownell of the cornell agricultural extension service ice the purpose of the identification and permanent records is not only to apprehend the dairy criminals he says but to eliminate the unfavorable influences in breeding future dairy cattle every cow is put on her own production record and farmers get a complete analysis of breeding efficiency which reveals the value of every bull in evry every dairy herd improvement association breed the system locates and identifies outstanding brood cows for selection of breeding stock and provides provi des a means of tracing family strains the records are analyzed to identify an inheritance for high ability in producing milk and butterfat and the influence of these superior animals may then be disseminated throughout the general dairy cow population the same principle applies in official testing with breed organizations which record the fingerprinted cows and bulls both purebreds and grades need more of it says professor brownell |