Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-07
September Bulletin Of
Department ofAgricuIture.
Contracts Awarded for Fur
nishing Liquors to The State.
a..Iook for AroostoOk Normal
School Is Encouraging.
crArE HOUSE CALENDAR.
N.xt Meeting OF Governor and Council
"Wednesday, Oct. s, at 10 A. M.

r.o se,tember Bulletin of the de-
ort,,ort Of agriculture has been is
p.a from the Office Of the commissions
or of agriculture and is now ready for
distribution. 1t is on the subject of
Urow Test Association Work in
Maine" ard makes a publication or
.no .aooS octave. filed with interesting
vamable matter for dairymen.
nv p,,letn contains an exhaustive
art;o,et an co-operative COW test as
.ociation work in Maine, by Leon s.
kasorrip Of Scion. state dairy inspector,
row fest association bylaws, and also
&ecords for the year 130S-9 OF the Wa
hartford and Norway Dairy Testing AS
! sec;ation and of the kennebec Valley
ksn;rv Testing Association, which rec
ords take up the greater portion of the
prIlatn There is also included an
& srticle on the selection and breeding
of dairy animals.
I An examination of the records of
the two dairy testing associations re-
ferred to above brings to light the fol-
lowing interesting data:
Waterford and Norway Dairy Test
ing Association Number of herds in
association, 81: number Of cows in as
ISOLATION test, 3lS; number of cows in
association test for II months, IT'S;
| number of herds containing loss MAX
ing cows, y; number of loss making
COWS in the test during the year, Is;
number of loss making cows sold dur
inc the year, II; number of loss-mak-
ing cows retained in herds. AZ; num-
Der of participating COWS sold during
year, 81; number of profitpaying cows
/ sod from herds that still retain cows
making a loss, 90; number of loss
making cows retained in herds from
which profit paying cows were sold, 81
Lowest cost to produce butter fat by
single COW, 1873 cents: highest, 67.1
cents; lowest cost to produce butter
fat by single herd. 17.2 cents; high
est BAT cents; average cost to pro-
duce butter fat by all the herds, 90!
cents; least amount returned for each
dollar expended by a single herd, so
cents; greatest. $50; average amount
returned for each dollar expended by
oil the herds, $i.2S.
kenHeDGc Hdllcy Dairy resting AS
kclation- Number of herds in associa-
ton tests, 80; number of cows in as
Niation test. 3JJ: number of cows
h association test for II months, 1877:
lumber of herds containing loss-mak-
Inc COWS, is; number of making
COWS in the test during the year, 81
number Of loss-making cows sold dur
hg the year, Is: number of loss-maf
Ing cows retained in herds, 20; num-
M Of profit-paying COWS sold during
the year, r. number of proiit-paying
cows sold from herds that still retain
COWS making 4 loss. G; number of loss
making cows retained in herds from
which rrofit-paying cows were sold, 4
Lowest cost to produce butter fat by
Q single COW, IL cents; highest, Az
cents lowest cost to produce butter
lat by a single herd, 1875 cents: high
est BIS cents; average cost to pro-
duce fat by all herds, 1873 cents: least
amount returned by a single cow fol
each dollar expended, II cents; great
est, S262: least amount returned by {
hngle herd for each dollar expended
cents; greatest, $2.31; average