Show facts sterilized VESSELS ESSENTIAL IN DAIRY the dal dairyman ryman who does not have a well defined idea of what each anil every cow in his herd Is producing Is in a bad way for making the greatest possible income out of his herd so many men cannot yet realize the thai absolute necessity for use of the tha babcock test for butterfat percentage determination year after year many a man works all dagand day and half the night under the mistaken impression that the cow that produces the most milk Is the best cow such Is not always the case the cow that produces 40 pounds ot of milk a day that tests 28 per cent returns 1120 pounds of butter butterfat fit which when sold at 40 cents a pound returns an income of 45 cents dally the cow that produces 23 25 pounds of milk a day testing ti 0 per cent returns 1250 pounds of butterfat which when sold at 40 cents returns 00 50 cents per day in the course of a month the cow producing 15 pounds of milk less a day will return to her mner miner 1150 morer and it if the same relation should hold true for a year this would amount to 18 difference which on a herd of 20 cows would run into real money so it Is not always the low producer irl that should be culled out there aro am more cows giving 40 pounds of 28 per cent milk than most people realie e and usually they are profitable cows cow but so often the cow producing but 25 pounds of 5 per cent milk Is regarded as an unprofitable cow when in reality she returns more than the cow making 40 pounds dally daily A butterfat test on every cow every month of every year will serve as a valuable indication of the true worth of the tha cows such a test can be obtained in almost every section of the state either through cow testing associations ciati clat ions ons cow testing circles cream stations county extension agents or smith schools A little trouble every month may save many a dollar spent for feed on an unprofitable cow il II R lascelles fieldman for colorado state dairy commission |