Show VALUE OF OFFSPRING IS BIG COST FACTOR the value of the lie offspring Is a factor which while indirectly yet fundamentally influences tile hie cost ol of milk production calves from grade cows have a low value at birth and cales front from pure bred cows conns may have only a slightly higher value unless they are tile offspring of cows with official or cow testing association records therefore since records of the sales ring show a direct relation between production under tinder proper authenticity arid and price paid the value of 0 pure bred calves at birth and consequently consequents y the effect of this value in lowering ta the ap cost ot of producing milk depends to quite fin an extent on the production records find and breeding of the ancestors hence we iud find there are five fundamental factors influencing the cost of 0 pro producing of acin I 1 g 1111 milk ik I 1 SIZO of 0 the business 2 the cows 3 time or of freshening 4 care and feeding practices 5 value of the offspring for making the pi oper application ot of these factors in re reducing duIng milk cost the value of a definite system of bookkeeping such as Is offered through the hie medium of the alie contesting con cow testing associations and circles becomes apparent lie ile who would mould increase ills his profits can only do so by receiving more inore for ills his product or producing it tor for less the first method is not usually in tile the control of the individual farmers except when strongly organized in a operative cooperative co budy body tile the second method or the reduction of production costs Is within the power of aery man inan who nho milks cows the state dairy commission Is an aji office created cro atoil by the fcc de of colorado for the purpose of fostering and advancing the interests ot of dairying within the lie state and tor for the enforcement of 0 all laws las pertaining thereto it is the duty of the field man to particularly aid producers needing assistance si on production problems in this phase of reducing costs the state dairy commissioner Is always at the service of tile the producer of mans mot mo 4 t valuable single food clean milk II 11 11 II lascelles Lage elles field man colorado state dairy commissioner |