Evening journal., 1916-04-04
MILK Tests SHOW
Low BRED Cattle
Lower New Castle County
Farmers Jared Over
Government Figures
SHOWING HAS EFFECT
ON DAIRY BUSINESS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
MIDDLETOWN, Del, April 4.-Re-
suits OF the tests being made by Mark
Van Dusen, a Cornell graduate who
is the official tester of the Middle
town Cow Testing Association, has
awakened the farmers to the fact that
the quality of the cattle in this sec
tion of the State is far below the
standard of what It should be, and
also to the .act that for a community
fcvored by nature, AS this section is.
IT, milk business is not the paying
proposition II should be.
This association was formed about
four months ago by Hugh Fergus,
representative Of the Department OF
Agriculture, and was formed COR the
purpose of stimulating the interest in
diarying in general and for the pur-
pose of making tests of the quantity
and quality of the milk of each In
dividual COW. Twenty-siX herds OF
cattle are registered in the associa'
ton, numbering about 400 COWS. Many
farmers thought that they had as good
COWS as could be found anywhere,
but the results of the .our months
testing has shown that there are
many cows in the herds which are
not profitable. and these are being
weeLed out nd pure bred cattle in
stalled in place of them
The milk companies settle on
basis of a per cent. test Of butter
fat Some cattle have been found
that test as low as 2.02 per cent.
Mr.. Van Dusen spends one day
each month with eacn member OF the
association and makes an individual
fest of the amount and quality OF the
milk of each COW He lays special
stress upon the proper balanced ra-
lion for the production OF milk, ana
is a strong advocate OF silage as a
milk producer. and already several
now silos are being contracted for IN
this Immediate neighborhood. and he
will endeavor during the coming fall
and winter TO have the eed mer-
chants of the town to put in stock
a different line o. feed for cattle, than
is now kept IN hand
The list of the record COWS during
In, past four months, has just been
issued. The records are based on a
production Of 1000, of milk or 40
pounds of butter fat per month. The
records are as follows:
I.ottic. Guernsey, owned by Fred
Brady. March, 900 pounds milk, 4s3
pounds butter fat.
Nav. grade lIolstcin. owned by James
Moore. Middlctown, February, l,l1O
pounds milk. 400 pounds butter fat.
Fantine Beauty. pure bred Holstcin
owned bv James Moore, February, l,Oet
pounds milk. 2S.2 pounds butter fat.
No. 10. grade Holstcin. owned by VIII
liam ID. Hudson, Clayton, Del, January
on hounds milk. 359 pounds butter
fat. December, ] ,233 pounds milk, AIS
butter fat.
No. ]. scrub Jersey, owned by Eugene
II. Shallcross. Nj. Pleasant, December
.OOj pounds milk, 1913 pounds butter
fat.
No. l. aradc Holstem. owned by John
piser. Middletown, February. Sl3 pounds
milk. 400 pounds butter fat.
Lillv Flag grade Guernsey, owned 10y
Iohn piscr. Middletown. March, l,0iC
mounds milk 364 pounds butter fat
Catherine. grade Jersey, owned by
John Piscr. Middletown. March, Slt
pounds milk. 1919 pounds butter fat.
March Maid. pure bred Jersey, owned
bv John Piser Middletown. January, 9Ol
pound, milk. 1872 pounds butter fat.
No. 3. Grade Guernsey. owned by Vic
tor c. Kohl. Middetown. March, dG'
pounds milk. 457 pounds butter tat.
No. >. cross between lolstcin anC
Durham. owned by Dudley C. Crossley
Clayton. February, 1902 pounds milk
"a pounds butter fat. March, Ills