The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-13
SOMERSET DAIRY ASSOCIATION.
July Meeting Was Held at Har-
mOny.

July Meeting Was Held at Har-
The July meeting of the Somerset
Dairy Testing Association WAS held in
the grove at the home of the presi-
dent, G.. d. Magoon with some six
teen or seventeen members present,
and visitors including ladies', enough
to make up the number to about 40.
State Dairy Instructor Black was
present and helped to carry on the
meeting. The forenoon was devoted to
business, discussion of the problems
of summer feeding and other matters
After a picnic dinner much enjoyed
by all the meeting was called to or
der again and Professor Simmons of
Orono gave a very interesting talk on
the home mixing of fertilizers and an
swered questions in general. 1t was
voted to ask the ladies to have a
part in the next meeting, and com
mittee was appointed to secure a
speaker on domestic science, or some
kindred subject of interest to the
wives of farmers.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. Thurza Foss, in the
grove if pleasant. if not, at the honse
Official Tester Witherell gave the
following report for May; No. OF
herds "a. Milking COWS PA Dry COWS
10. Total No. cows 233. Lbs. milk
produced during month, 139, ,252. High
est producing herd, in milk, day of
test: No. COWS, S; Lbs. milk, 1922
Highest producing COW, in milk day of
the test: Herd /, COW No. I; Lbs. milk,
4S3. Lbs. fat produced during the
month, 6S20 Highest producing herd.
in fat, day of test: Herd l.. ~. cows
s; Lbs fat los. Highest producing
COW, i'll fat, day of test: Herd /. Cow
No. l. Lbs. fat, 2318. Average fat
test for total No. COWS during the
month, 4.S9. Highest testing herd,
Herd No. II; No. cows in herd s;
test 654. Highest testing COW, Herd
No. 8; Cow No. 8; Test s. Total cost
OF feed for the month, $S49.71.
Highest cost of herd for month, Herd
No. 1 No cows s; cost 81 .S5; milk
222; fat 104. Lowest cost of herd for |
month, Herd No. "a No. cows 4;
cost SIP; milk IS; fat g. Highest |
cost of feed of individual COW, per lb |
of fat was in herd No s. COW No. 6;
cost $l53; production, milk 10; fat
4 So Lowest cost of feed of indiyid-
ual COW, per pound of fat, was in
herd No. Z; COW No. 3; cost, .03;
milk 276; fat 1.435.
The official tester gives the follow
ing figures for the month of April,
which show an improvement over the
first months, and thereby prove the |
worth of the association Cows on rec
ord 233. Cows in milk 1893. Dry cows |
40. Average fat of producing COW
.01 lbs. per day. Cost of same .239 |
Nto' p0l pOuiid' ANeldBS quantity Oh |
milk per day per producing 20 8 lbs.
Average test 4 Sc Fourteen herds av-
eraged over / ID, of fat per day. The
highest herd, No. /, average Psi lbs.
If fat per COW. The highest produt-
ing COW in the association was in
this herd and gave 1S47 lbs. of fat per
day. Qier number is 12)
Largest days milking from one COW
WAS 40S lbs, being COW No. in
herd No l. Highest herd test ) 7, by
herd 49, highest COW in herd G 3 test,
gave 1.7S1 lbs. fat per day.
Classification of COWS according to
fat production.
Ten COWS produced between Is and
q lbs. per day.
Eighty-nine COWS produced between
l and l .5 lbs per day.
Fifty-fye COWS produced between
rs and l lbs. per day.
Thirty COWS produced between so
and rs lbs. per day
Nine cows produced between .25 |
and so lbs. per day.
For the first months of the test |
the average price of butter fat was
80 cents. The average cost of fat |
from producing cows for the first |
months was .2236. The cows of the |
association in the first months pro-
duced 36575.SS lbs of fat, which, at
the average price came to $11,70428 |
This was produced at a cost of |
$S17S.36, leaving a profit of $352592 |