Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-02-06
COW TESTING ASSOCIATION

A meeting for the purpose of organ
izing a Cow Testing association was
held last Teusday afternoon at the
court house. On account of the very
inclement weather, the crowd was a
little light, but better than was eX-
pected
Mr.. L. A. Higgins of 1.-THE A. & N.
College was present to give a good
talk on the subject, and he explained
the great benefit the dairymen were
getting from an organization of this
kind wherever it was run on business
basis.
Heretofore it has been the custom
to charge so much per head tested, but
at this meeting Mr. Higgins stated
that the best way to run this one
wsuld be by the day basis, and not by
the head. That is to pay the tester
for as many days work that he puts
on each mans place, and all who have
signed below have agreed to this, pro-
vided W get up &c working days for
the tester, as this is all that one man
can take care Of. If there are others
that would have to be another assOcia-
ton organized which would be sep
arate organization entirely, employing
another tester.
The cost Of this will be S48 a year
up to and including 30 cows, and S96
for 80 cows, payable quarterly. Each
dairyman is to board and lodge the
tester as long as he is at work on his
herd, said tester to have his own car
or buggy, ands to ypaN~allrother eX-
penses. Thirty cows is all that can be
handled successfully in one days work,
and a dairyman having fifty cows
would hav to sign for two days, at
$96 per year.
The tester will be furnished by the
A. & NJ. College, and they are respon-
sibe for his work so we are sure to
get a good man. They are responsi-
Bile and are to see that the association
gets a man who can deliver the goods.
The tester is to get to each dairy
mans place in the afternoon before
milking time, weigh the feed, weigh
the milk from each COW, test this milk
and figure same against what she is
consuming, and will leave record
with each herd tested as to what each
individual COW is doing, both night and
morning milkings. After a few tests
it can readily be ascertained as to
which COW is paying and which is not;
then if you want to discard or sell
these "Star Boarders" it is up to you.
The tester will also be able to tell
how to feed, and if you are not feed
ing right he will be able to tell you
what is best and the right amount to
give each COW according to what she
is producing. 1t is a we'll known fact
that often a COW that is giving three
to four gallons of milk get the same
feed as the one that is giving not half
as much.
The price Of the tester to be on your
farm once a month is hardly worth
figuring, as h is services are worth
more to each dairyman than the price
he is paying to get him to dc. all this
work for him, 1T is simply having "a
man hired to keep books on'your cows
and show you the big things that will
help ygults succeed,
There is no doubt that by the mid
die of the summer there will be at
least three associations on foot, as
nearly all who have herds ofany size
seem to be heartily in favor Of this
work. We hope that in the next
week or so we can have this first asso-
citation started, and then we are sure
that there will be no trouble in getting
another. - 70, IT.
Below we rive the names If the ones