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Show Dairy Farmers Cash in on Test-Tube Breeding of Cows N '' BRUNSWICK, N. J. A dec-ade dec-ade of test-lube breeding of milk :ows has succeeded far beyond the hopes of the 100 pioneers. It was just 10 years ago that New Jersey Co-operative Attificial Breeding Breed-ing Association Unit No. 1 first of Its kind in the nation got under way on a farm In Somerset county Now, a million dollars in extra income a year is being grossed by dairy farmers taking part in the project. Enos J. Perry of the New Jersey State College of Agriculture here launched the program among 100 farmers. He had visited Denmark where he witnessed co-operative artificial breeding. Perry was surprised at the speed with which dairymen accepted the revolutionary Idea that put the New Jersey bull In the shadow of a test tube. The original 100 Jersey farmers have been joined by thousands more In 42 states. There were 1,500 cows enrolled In the pioneer project. Now there are 1.800.000 in the nation giving giv-ing better returns to their owners because' of "test tube" breeding. |