The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-22
uich Test Milk Pays in
rt6e Long Run, Expert
N Advises.
IMPROVES CONDITIONS
,..ociation for Rating Cows
Has Quick Growth When
Better Milk Results.

-s, r,lsa county cowtesting asso-
..,oo has started on the second
- ~ rs work. 1t is yet too
fepu make a complete review OF
ca! ~ of this association but sur
o., limo has elapsed to show
lo'"' '-ssuits hat dairymen in other
s,rrunltics should know about
This work vas s'arted last May
- me object Of improving the
- m 'hg BASIS Of accurate intor-
.'',iop abouf what each COW returns
~ he fceI and care given her.
..,A membc- coming Into the asso-
Man Is assessed n fee of 81 for
~ COW placed on test for period
80 months Tho, ,money is used
.sv a tester who visits the farm
-, orre a month and carefully
...ySs two OF more milkings OF each
ue also inkes a sample OF each
w. milk and makes a test for but
.',,,i content. by multiplying tho
.rrhAr Of hounds OF butterfat the
~. nroduces In n day by 30, q
Wv close estimate Is obtained of
vsat he COW has produced for the
! ,..irs month The value of the feed
,,,umed also being carefully esti-
,.,,sd II As "A very easy matter TO
ssts a comparison OF the value Of
Ssr nroducs with the keeping cost
,sd "a determine whether the owner
ses pleasure or profit Tor MS
trouble.
Association Grew Rapidly.
During the first six months the
association consisted of fifteen mem .
trs having 96j cows on test. The
scord period started with twenty
rprlbers and 3i6 cows on test. NoLe
a the old members dropped out ex-
es,, one man who sold out, and new
ores came In because they had OBJ
served some OF the good results.
Tso.,hirds Of the old members en-
kged the second period of the test
Rdh an increased number OF cows
IN result OF what they had learned
,bou, dalrying during the preceding
~ months, and a few expressed "A
slHngness "a double the testing fee
| 4 necessary 10 continue the work.
Some Of the cows had been -on test
| tii a few months when the owners
we're surprised TO find that they had
/ been keeping these COWS at n loss
/ 0ther COWS that were thought 10
ts Inferior were found TO he making
satisfactory profit. In some eases
/ ne poor producers were disposed OF
st once and others were bought to
| III their places.
Get More for Milk.
One very ordinary looking grade
Holstein cow owned by George Aldo
soon attracted attention on account
o, her record, for she was one of
| Ne surprises. But for the cow test
rg association which brought Out
| her real merit hcr owner admitted
hat he would not have had the
nerve 10 price her at more than s125.
After this COW had been on test for
about five months. however, Aldo
decided that she was not for sale.
B1, one day, after a neighbor in
sisted that she be priced, Aldo, said
ts would take 1926 for the COW and
tie buyer took him up. The assOci-
tion IN a very short time had raise d
ne Weimnrket value OF this one COW
from Sl25 10 sS25. Many similar in
tarres can be given except that the
o5vs are not changing hands.
Another result of the work of the
CIV testing association is that dairy
men make finer distinction in val
VS. when buying and selling. John
PostOn, president Of the association
sY he can pay from $50 10 sec
nfe fer tested cow than he car
paror an INFESTED cow OF the same
Uas' When n man make an in
'eSment he likes to know what rate
y interest he Is going TO realize on
NE investment. When he invests in
" untesied COW he is not only n
lount about the rate of returns OF
ns Investment but he faces the pos
solhy Of an actual loss A tested
COW mas known possibilities and ths
,e'lt OF an investment in one /,
Isey matter of feed and man,
usnent
feedlng methods have beer
winged frequently as q result OF tho
Siuhg work IN an effort TO increas'
EWactlon. As the man employed
40 the testing work goes from
@m 10 farm he observes the re
~ ~ obtained from the rations used
v discusses the results that otheri
~ getting and is often able TO give
laole suggestions about rationi
3 Management
ne dalrymen have found 1
~anle 10 incorporate under IN,
m ot the state in order that the!
I ~. ouy feed and supplies cooper
10y With an operating capita
snput $4,000 they are able Il
- carload shipments OF fec
rf conveniently and TO save