The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-22
IMPROVE QUALITY
ANIMAL PRODUCTS

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number of horses suitable for army
uses will be available. The horse
breeding Investigations in Colorado.
Vermont and Iowa have been contin-
ued with good progress. Carriage
horses arc being bred in Colorado and
there are twenty-five stations and
fifty-dve mares in the stud, and OF
the fourteen foals produced eleven
are alive and thrifty. The Morgan
horse farm at Middiebury. VT, has
nineteen stallioI9 and forty-four
mares. and during the breeding sea
sons farmers had the opportunity to
breed the Morgan stations under the
provisions of the army horse plan
The cooperative gray draft horse
breeding 1T the Iowa experiment sta
ton produced four foals.
Good results were obtained In the
breeding Of Holstein cattle in CO.
operation with the North Dakota ex-
pertinent station. and q substantial in
crease In the production of milk and
butter fat was made In the co-opera-
tive experiment in nreeding milking
shorthorns at the University Of Min
nesota- Experiments In sheep breed
ing are being carried on In Wyom-
ing. Vermont and Maryland and ex-
poriments In goat breeding to obtain
. strain Of milking goats was also
conducted on the bureau Of animal
industry's farm at Beltsvilie. Md.
The experiments in breeding
barred plymouth rock fowls OF In
creased esq production. which have
been conducted at the Maine expert
msnt station, are approaching a close
tho final solution of the main features
- - ~ ~ irk 80 -
err production having been reached.
Studies in the commercial fattenin4
and marketing Of poultry in the West
have been continued and some OF the
resiits published. Egg production
and marketing have received much
attention with q view Of lessening
the iosses from bad eggs. which are
estimated to amount Of t4k,000.000
. year, and publications have been
issued showing the advantage to the
farmer and the consuming public
which would accrue from the pro-
duction Of infertile sggs and the adop.
ton Of the so-called 'loss-off" meth :.
Cd Of buying.
Practically all the cities in the coun-
try are using some form Of score card,
and the health authorities Of the
country generally are seeking to give
the public . higher grade Of milk
than the public IL demanding or ID
willing to pay for. and the attempt 10
too often made to put the entire cost
Of improvement on tho producer.
Some OF the handicaps 10 obtaining
i milk supply OF good quality are that
the municipalities fall to provide sur
ficient funds, the inspection work 10
sometimes dominated by politics, and
consumers fail to appreciate the fact
that the production Of clean milk In
wolves additional expense, and offer
ne incentive to the producer by pat
roniStnE those whose milk IL clean
ana consequently commands . better
pffke.
Recommendation are made by the
cAisf AZ the bureau OF animal indus
Try concsrninG system Of fnsp4a-
tieA u dairy products. Investigation
during the year show that inspection
u dairy msnufxetursrs u very de-
cradle. Thev showed 81 per cent o.
TIE 0,1St lets % cream inspected
wsrn 1isaH Aeeosnpased, Or sour, and
that SIS per cent Of the crsAmeri9s
vtsttsd wsr in0anAtAsy 70 : gTeA4ee