Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-03-08
KEEP cows RECORD.
Value OF Contrasting Associations
Demonstrated.

Oeu4OubtIAUtou.
That the appearance of dairy cow
can not be depended on to indicate
her production Of milk is illustrated
by a demonstration conducted under
the auspices OF the Dairy Division
OF the department with a herd of
| nine cows at the National Dairy
Show held recently at Springfield,
Mass.
A years record OF milk and butter
fat already had been made for all the |
cows OF the herd. During the show
complete records OF production and
feed consumption were kept and in /
every case the previous records were
duplicated. Some of the cows were
OF poor dairy type, yet were good pro-
| ducers: others were OF good dairy
type. yet were poor producers; still
others OF similar appearance had
greatly different records. OF the last
named class were Nos. and g.
Many experienced stockmen selected
the records showed that for the last
year No. 8 gave 8,445 pounds of milk
and 346 of fat compared with 3,279
pounds OF milk and 1913 OF fat for
No. 8. This served as an object les
son TO the hundreds of people who
| daily Viewed the demonstration that
good dairy type is not always asso-
ciated with large production and that
poor dairy type does not indicate
lack OF yield.
What does 1t cost to keep rec
ords?" was a common question OF
the dairymen. In cow-testing asso-
Citations. where the above quoted
records were made, the charge is
$50 a month for each COW, and in
addition the board OF the tester for
one day each month. With feed. la
Dor. and live stock so high, 1t certain
ly Is imperative to eliminate every
unnecessary expense like the-"board-
err OF "robber" COW that fails to pay
for even her feed.
In the big room at the dairy show
where the cows we're SANCTIONED
we're several hundred comfortable
seats. Here several times each day
well-known dairymen from various
parts OF the country talked to the
large audiences on dairy problems.
illustrating their remarks with the
cows OF the demonstration herd
Especial emphasis was laid upon the
value OF records in economical man
agement.
Cooperative bull associations were
carefully described and their many
advantages explained. That II was
possible to have high-class bulls of
the finest breeding for the use of a
dairyman with only a few cows SEEM
, ed to many farmers as too good TO be
. true. especially when the cost was
even less than in the case of scrub
bulls. In this connection the charts
that illustrated the conditions at Rol-
, and. Iowa, before and after the or
r ganization OF a bull association, eX-
I cited much interest AT that place
1 for yearly investment OF $3.50 each,
, the members have the use OF five
: 32f0 bulls for 10 years.
On the walls OF the demonstration
: room were pictures OF famous dairy
= animals. charts showing results O.
= record keeping. etc. Adjoining were
!, skeleton milk or dairy houses. Will
the sides only partially finished. tC
I show the construction; also a mode
OF dairy barn and of a silo. In tn,
= milk houses was dairy equipment
and man In charge answered ques
n tons on dairying and explained tn,
: construction of these and all othe
O kinds OF dairy buildings.
: At regular periods demonstration
j. In the sterilization OF milk utensil
were given with the inexpensive farr
n sterilizer described In Farmers Bul
n letin 1884; these demonstrations wer
II we'll attended.
d There was also keen interest 1
q every part OF the demonstrations. a
q may be judged from the fact tina
Il about 5000 people listened to lee
o lures and fully 5000 viewed tn
" exhibits.