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Show Wi e v s From Farm-Ranch) THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL : BANK OF UTAH BY WES DICKERSON j I learned the other day that the Dairy Herd Improvement testing program in Duchesne County was about to be discontinued. discon-tinued. However, through the ef- i forts of Louis A. Jensen, county : agent, the seven herds remaining remain-ing on test would be taken care of by Mr. Jensen until another tester could be hired. The previous pre-vious tester didn't quit because of disinterest, but he couldn't afford to spend his time on sucii few numbers. It is necessary to have more than seven herds on test in order to make this program pro-gram succeed. The most successful dairymen are the ones who are on DHL Yes, there are exceptions to this, but even those exceptions would be more successful if their herds were on test. Another important thing is that you can't test for a year or two then drop out. If you are in the dairy business to stay, you should continuously keep testing your herd for production. pro-duction. ' The banks and other lending agencies will appraise higher a herd on DHI than one not testing test-ing their dairy cows for milk ' and butterf at production, if the two herds being considered are equal in most every respect. Tha dairy farmer on DHI will be able to sell more readily and at a higher price his dairy heifers and cows. Buyers who are looking look-ing for dairy herd replacements will be more likely to make their purchases from a DHI herd; and another important advantage ad-vantage is that you have accurate accur-ate records to use in making replacements re-placements or culling out the law producers. The market outlook for the year 1952 js increased demand for milk, midwest beef boom means fewer milk cows on farms and less milk on the market. Prices for fluid milk will mov? up. |