Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-12-27
ADVANCED REGISTRY TESTING

! ADVANCED REGISTRY TESTING
S. G. Judd, dairy specialist at the
University of Vermont, has the fol-
=, lowing to remark about advanced
registry testing.
I know from talks with breeders of
pure-bred dairy cattle in different
parts of the state that many of them
are holding back from starting their
good cows on advanced registry test
because of their own inexperience in
testing work. The following abstract
of story in the. June 18th issue of
| t e Guernsey Breeders Journal
should be a source of encouragement
and inspiration to all beginners:
In December, 1920, G. J. Kinds of
| Springfield Center, Atsego County,
/ New York, purchased with eight 9TH
er registered Guernsey females the
1O33O7.
His son, George C. Kinds, was then
in school. On his first trip home he
became SO interested in these Guern-
| sey cows that his father offered to
| sell him a half interest. The deal
was made.
Three of the bred COWS were fitted
for testing on grain ration consist
ing of oil meal, ground oats, bran and
hominy. George finished his course
at school in March, 1921, came home
and started Doroth y of Brookdale on
the test which she completed on
March %, 1922.
The record when completed by this
good heifer -totalled 1927 pounds
of milk and 764.51 pounds of but
ter fat. The record was made in
| Class F (two-and- one-half and three
year-old) and gives her fourth place
in this class.
During the year Dorothy of Brook
dale consumed a daily average Of Is
pounds of grain, three pounds of beet
pulp, one pound of molasses, 25
pounds of mangels and all the alfalfa
hay she would eat. Her average test
for the year was 4.8 per cent. She
consumed one pound of grain for each
20 pounds of milk produced. At the
end of the test she weighed 1900
pounds, which is 200 pounds more
| than she weighed at the start. She
carried a calf over four months of her
record.
The other two cows on test have
not quite completed their records.
| One will finish with better than $50
pounds of butterfat and the other
with at least $50 pounds.
| While these cows were we'll fed and
had the careful attention of an inter
ested owner the records were made
under strictly farm conditions. These
cows ran in the pasture during the
summer and were in stanchions
throughout the year with the rest of
the herd. In the winter they were
turned into the yard twice daily to
drink from a tub.
| By these records made by an in
experienced boy, the attention of the
| Guernsey world has been turned to
| this little herd established less than
two years ago.
may be selected from a history.
| boy impersonating Janus, the
two-faced god for whom January was
named, wears a Greek costume and
a mask on the back of his head so he
may look back into the old years and
forward into the new. He wears also
a. large key, symbol of his office as
gate-keeper of the years.
Inside the front door is erected an
archway called The Gate of the Years.
Janus lets in through this only those
who come in costume. The others
are sent to a side or back door where
the hostess has ready funny faces
which they must wear as a penalty.
|
with bells hung from every available
place. An hour-glass, a scythe, a
Kewpie New Year occupy conspicuous
places.
AS the couples arrive they are Civ
en- souvenirs of the year they repre-
snet; 1892 gets three toy ships, 1776
Declaration of Independence, and so
forth. No one is allowed to tell what
year he represents and when every
body has arrived tableaux are enacted
in which each couple tells in panto-
mine what happened on that date. The
other guests write their guesses. in
little hour-glass booklets and prizes
are given for the two which are most
nearly correct.
Pencils and paper are provided and
every one is asked to write a rhymed
prophecy of what he thinks will hap
pen in each of the IL months of the
coming year. These are read aloud
and voted on, for prizes.
| While these are being composed
the hostess has been hanging about
the room cards with pictures on them
which represent words that begin
with "new" and "old' Newark, a map
of New Jersey with a dot in the prop
er place; newell, post of a stair
case; newly, pair of newly-weds
| Newcastle, castle; Newport, a pic
ture of that famous resort; news, a
newspaper; Newton, the famous man
himself allowing an apple to fall on
his nose. Old maid, old-style, old
salt, old-school need no explanation.
Old-squaw, kind of duck, may be an
Indian woman; olden, hole in the
rocks.
| AS each guest decides what these
all are he stands in a given place, and
when all are lined up in a row the
hostess calls on number one for his
guesses. If he is right he stays
standing, but if wrong he sits down
After all have given their guesses in
expensive prizes are given to those
| who are still standing.
| A basket of dates is passed next
and inside of each is slip of paper
asking each guest to do a stunt repre-
senting something he would like to do
| next year.
Partners are chosen for supper by
giving each boy the name of month
on slip of paper, and each girl the
! name of holiday.
January-New Years day, Twelfth
| Night.
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