Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-01-21

association.
In order to facilitate such con-
sideration I propose to take up the
subject under the following heads:
First, the Objects; second, the
need, and third, the requirements
necessary for the installation of such
an association in this county.
The objects of a contrasting asso-
citation are these, as taken from the
constitution and bylaws for Co-opera-
tive Cow Testing Associations as pub
lished by the United States division
of dairying:
ITO provide means and methods
! for improving the dairy qualities of
the herds of members, through the
periodical weighing and testing of
each cows milk, which will give re-
liable information, on the basis of
which Improbable COWS may be
eliminated, and feeding done more
economically; and further, by ascer-
tanning the profit or loss as compared
with the cost of food for each COW
in the herd, through monthly record
of the value of her product and of the
the year. and in general to promote
the dairy interests of the members"
nd 10 ha ,fc oh,
association here in this county, you
know as we'll as l that many herds
are not paying for their keep, when
all items are considered. How can
a herd of COWS whose average milk
yield is gallon and half, and the
cost of keeping each individual aver
aging $85, return any profit to it's
owner, especially when the price
of milk is so low? I have already
shown the improvement accomplished
by the cow-testing associations in this
respect, and will let you answer
the question as to whether or not
Thurston county needs such an as
ISOLATION.
As to the requirements or working
plan Of an association of this kind,
will say that they are roughly as fol-
lows: We will need at least 26 herds
with total of at least $50 cows. To
help cover the salary and expense of
a competent man to do the testing,
each member will pay $3.50 per year
for each COW in his herd.
Tester and Farmer Must Cooperate.
The COW tester whose services you
secure must be man who can accu-
rately weigh and test each cows
milk, weigh the feed and consistently
aid each member to weed out the un-
profitable cows in his herd, formulate
economical rations, and make wise
breeding selections. One important
condition must exist II this man is to
help you, which is each member
must be broad minded enough to
realize that one Is never too old to
learn and that he is paying this man
for his services, and that intense CO.
operation between the tester and HIM
self is an absolute necessity.
The cow tester will be supplied
with Babcock machine. bottles. acid,
etc., a pair of scales and other neces-
sary equipment, such as books and
record blanks. He will visit each
mans farm once a month, remaining
over night to secure both night and
morning records. He will weigh
each cows feed and milk, test the
milk for butterfat, and record all re-
suits in a book kept by the owner.
He will then discuss with the owner
any details of feeding, breeding or
economical production which merit
attention. After completing the work
the owner will convey the tester to
the next farm, and so on. The dis
lance between members farms should
not exceed two miles where possible.
Two small herds close together may
be tested in one day.
hav a copy Of a constitution and
bylaws for a cow-testing association
as prepared by the government, and
l shall be pleased to furnish it as
guide IL a request ia made.
will now take up the other half
of my subject briefly. that of the
value Of the pure bred sire.
In the Newaygo County Dairy Test
ing Association which / have prev
iously referred to, there was but one
man who owned pure bred bull dur
ing the first year of the test. but at
the end OF the second year there were
90 pure bred sires in the association.
This fact reveals a most potent fac
tor in the success of cow-testins-
association, namely. the use Of pure
bred sires for the production OF