The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-12-05
WORLD RECORD
MADE IN BULL
COwtesting Association Shows
Magnificent Results
GREATEST RECORD EVER SHOWN
IN AN ASSOCIATION.
One Cow Made Profit of $101.26 for lis
Owner During the Year-Report is
Complete.

Pioneer Cow Testing association Tor
the first years work establishes a
United States record for the number
of pounds of butter fat per COW. The
average production for the year was
304.6 pounds of butterfat and the
western division of the U. S. Dairy
Department report that this is the
greatest production per COW which has
ever been made in a testing associa-
ton. Other COWS have produced a
greater number of pounds of butterfat
in one year but no other association
has established a record with such a
high average for all the COWS enrolled.
During the year, the names of 504
cows were entered on the roll of the
official testers herd book Twenty
four herds were entered during the
year, and at the close of the year
thirteen of these herds had purebred
representation.
The records of the tester, o. T. Kos
ter, show that there was a net profit
per cow in the association of $3952. |
The report shows that the ten high
est cows in the association made a net |
profit of $3.50 per COW, while the ten
lowest averaged but 1884 per COW. The
largest net profit for one COW WIS
made by a Jersey owned by A. Carl
son, which netted him $101.26 for the
year. The lowest cows production re-
suited in a net loss of $13.55 for the
years work.
The report which follows is said to
be one of the most complete and far
reaching of any of it's kind ever pub
lished and from the number of facts
which may be obtained from it, the
dairymen have decided that dairying
pays. The men of this association are
going to make more determined eff
fort to weed out the less profitable
cows, and it is predicted that the re-
suits of the next years record will far
excel those of this year.
The "Buhl Pioneer" was the first
cow testing association to be organ
lied in the state of Idaho.
The objects of this association are:
To determine the exact production
of each COW and determine the amount
of profit or loss for the year.
To determine the best COWS from
which to save the heifer calves in or
der to improve the average production
per COW.
To determine the most profitable
r feeds and methods of feeding.
To weed out the "loafer" cows
, To improve dairy conditions in gen
eral and raise the standard of the
= dairy business in this community and
} state.
;. To make a monthly test and keep q
< close record of all cream separators
= to prevent losses in the skim milk
this quite frequently overlooked even
j IN association work
e To create a more mutual, cO-opera-
f tive spirit among the dairymen.
2 The records shown in the following
e pages were in most cases made under
e average conditions, several herds were
n poorly housed, while others were no.
n given the care becoming milk COW, il
= one or two instances the cows were
fed practically nothing but alfalfa hay
# alfalfa is undoubtedly the best rough
" age known, but all dairy authorities
= agree that a dairy COW to do her bes1
e must have clean, palatable feed vari
It ETY. certain limits and succulence.
) AS a majority of the members of th'
IS association were selling cream on ;
9. butterfat basis, the average buttersa
n price 27.4 cents was used in valuinl
IS the product of the herds, the averag'
price paid at the cheese factories VIA
35.1 cents, thus those selling thei
TO about one-third more for their prod
~ uct, it is necessary, however, in thi
work to value the product on a uni
- form basis.
l. No credit was given for calf, skin
=. milk, or manure, it being assumed tina
! this will more than offset the cost o
! labor, veterinary services and assOcia
z ton dues
+ The grain and silage fed to tn
Z COWS was weighed, the hay and othe
! roughage were weighed where it wa
+ possible to do so, all feed was charg
= ed at the retail market price a uni
/ form rate for each month.
/ Comparative Skim Milk. test for tn
< year showing improvement and valu
! of butterfat saving to members fo
= lows:
: average skim milk tests for Octobe
I .2430 of one per cent.
3 Average skim milk tests for Sci
/ tember 0200 of one per cent
4 Total saving in test 2230 of one pc
I. cent.
! There were twenty-one separators
4 the association for the whole year sci
Z arating an average of $500 pounds
i. day.
Z Multiplying this by the saving
T test in skim milk 1903 pounds buttei
+ fat saved daily times 27.4 cents is
Z saving of $2.74 daily. 365 days in I'll
! year times $2.74 equals $1002.08 savin
+ for the year.
Z Twenty-four herds with a total
+ 337 cows completed the years wor
t The total number of cows on IL
+ record throughout the year was 6S
+ while at the close of the vea~ the re
Z ords contained names Of 504 COW
I Seven purebred sires have bee
4 purchased by members to repla'
\ grades throughout the year.
: Fourteen purebred cows and hei
4 ers have been purchased by membe
& during the year.
7 At the beginning of the years woi
4 ten herds in the association had pur
. bred cattle, at the close of the year
! work thirteen herds had represent