Show DAIRY HERD improvements REFLECTED IN MILK rail PAIL wisconsin leads leada lea da all other states in the number of dairy herd improvement pro associations it had out of a total of nearly 1100 in all the states according to reports compiled by the bureau of 0 dairy industry ot of the unite l states department of agriculture these associations give dairymen information as to the profitableness of their cows on the basis of such information association members I 1 have been weeding out the less desirable animals and retaining cleif ers from the more productive cows 2 the me value of this practice is reflected in the steady increase la in I 1 the average production of the rows cows under test in these associations la ira 1920 the tale average production per cow in these herds berds was pounds of butterfat in 1924 this had increased to an average of pounds according to the bureaus records the production figures tor for the years from 1925 to 1928 were pounds pounds pounds pou and pounds |