The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-30


In every ease where there have been
COW test associations started there has
been a surprising increase in produc-
ton and also a surprising increase in
net profits The agricultural schools
and colleges are training men to fill
such positions One of the conditions
for entrance to these courses of train
ing is that the Young man must have
been raised on farm and have had
practical experience in feeding and
care OF live stock, at the conclusion of
this training. followed by one or two
years work in COW testing asSocia-
ton. these men are greatly sought af-
ter for positions of trust and skill in
connection with the dairy business.
/ They can be found as managers and
owners of dairies and operators of
crcameries and so we'll recognized is
/ the effect Of this training that many
creameries and dalres specify in their
| advertisements for men to fill these
positions that the men must have had
such training Therefore the expert
ence offered to these fellows makes it
worth while for them to start at com
parativelv low wages and thus brings
the men within reach Of the associat-
tion with small starting capital Ac-
cording to the 18th census the average
production Of butter fat per cow in
the United States in 1900 was l45
pounds, which compared with the av-
erage of 224 pounds OF butter per cow
IN Denmark Is entirely too low. In
1910 there were u. sol 900 milch cows
in the United States, and if it were
possible to inaugurate a system where
by the average production per COW
might he increased even one pound OF
butter fat in the year, this increase
would amount to 2l,s0l000 pounds
j, which at the price of SO cents pei
pound would be worth S6,540. 300 II
/, such IN increase can be brought about
by a better selection of COWS and feed
ing stuff the sum mentioned would b,
figured practically as clear profit. In
vestigation shows that there are 8
large number Of COWS which yielc
greatly. in excess Of this average, som,
! reaching an amount rs high as eighf
or nine hundred pounds Of butter fat
in one vear-one COW even 99S pounds
This being the case there must be {
large number OF COWS which yield les.
than 10 pounds Of butter fat i'll tn,
year,
t The common belief among farmers
: is that the man who does the milkin.
f knows the best and poorest cows il
l the herd, but the cow test association
e have proven that this is not SO, man,
e factors entering in to lead the .iudgmen
: astrav. The COW that gives a gener
t | Gus flow of milk during the last fey
5 weeks of her period of laetation i
: usually regarded as the best COW, sh
t may soon 90 dry or nearly so, but thi
= is notN noticed, and only a memory o
h the large flow she gave when fres
a fingers in the mind of the owner. An
t other COW may give a small or averag
5 flow and keep it up during the who'll
{ period, but she is not considered espeC
}, alv good although she may be ia
c ahead of the other in reality. n
> mixer can tell without weighing tn
9 milk regularly whether the COW give
: 5000 or 5000 pounds of milk in year
Il still the difference may prove the di1
II ference between profit and loss on tina
n particular COW. Different COWS consum
G different amounts of feed and it
d impossible for the feeder to estimat
n accurately the difference in the cost i
e feeding the various cows for a yea
Y unless records of the feeds arc KEEP
5, systematicallv. An expression ofte
IS heard among members of COW testin
t association Is the COW | thought wa