Show herds of super cows new government program if the bureau of dairy industry reaches one of its objectives the united states presently will have half a million super cows with the help of federal funds earmarked for this purpose and with the cooperation of state and local dairy organizations the bureau has launched a project to breed herds of superior cattle As the essential part of the program it is hoped to obtain for each farmer interested te a proved sire or the son of a proved sire for his herd approximately dairy farmers are now operating cooperating co in the program particular emphasis is placed on securing accurate birth records herds involved located in nearly every state will be known as pilot herds setting a standard course which the owners of other herds may eventually emulate the department of agriculture has recently published a pamphlet entitled list of sires proved in dairy herd improvement associations though the names of the owners of the listed sires are omitted a farmer interested can get the information from the agricultural college in his state where the records are on file the publication public atio n contains the names of nearly 1600 proved sires |