Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-12-20
MAKES REPORT
ON COW TESTING
The Dairy Production is One of the
Main Sources of Income in
Winneshiek County.
DO YOU KNOW
YOUR COWS
Interest in tuberculosis Eradication
is Growing. Talk of Milk
Ordinances Being Passed.

Business men everywhere are
studying their chief sources of in.
come and when they have determin,
ed just what is their principle sourc,
of income they usually set about t.
give this particular line of theil
business special study and attention
We feel that dairy production Is
one Of the main sources of income
in Winneshiek county. If we had
the total income from dairy pro-
ducts in the county for one year in a
lump sum the amount would be
surprising to all. In spite of this
fact, however farmers have not
adopted the slogan know your
cows. We have a few farmers in
the southeast corner of the county
who are members of the Big Four
Cow Testing Association which is
doing some very excellent work. We
are sorry to admit that the average
farmer in Winneshiek county, how
ever, milks from ten TO fifteen cows
just because they are cows and be-
cause his father and grandfather
MIXED cows before him. 1t gives
him a monthly income but it is
the case too often that it is simply
a very laborious manner of market
ing his crops of grain and roughage,
and in many cases does not bring
any more financial returns than if he
had sold this roughage on the mar
ket before converting it into dairy
products.
The state report for November
from Cow Testing Associations
shows that the Dallas County AS
ISOLATION had the highest averages
production of butterfat and milk.
The average in the 210 cows in the
association produced $50 pounds of
milk and PIP lbs. of fat. The Big
-Four Association at Postville. of
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WHICH, StVefai OF our farmers an
members, were testing 333 cows
one of the largest associations in tn,
state. The average milk production
was 5O4 lbs, with 21.4 lbs. OF butter
tat. The smallest average produc
ton of any cows of any of the asso
Citations was 17.9 lbs. of fat. The
high herd in the state is that of J
Geraghty e. Sons of McGregor. bav.
ing II COWS producing an average OF
9O4 lbs. Of milk and All lbs. of milk
and All lbs. of butter fat. The
high COW is owned by E. N. Esch
purebred four year old Holstein
from the Dubuque No. Association,
which gave 2514 lbs. of milk and a
total of $685. lbs. of fat. We are
very positive that this one COW is
producing more butterfat than MANY
OF our herds of SIX, eight, and ten
COWS.
The Dallas County Association
shows p cows having a butterra:
production of over 40 lbs.-the Big
-Four Association shows 5. Bremen
county holds the record with 10 cows
producing so lbs. of fat. Reports
from the different associations show
that many Improbable COWS have
been culled out; that bran, oiImeaI
and cOttonseed meal have been
bought in carload lots by the associ-
ations at savings from $500 to $500 |
per ton. A Cow Testing Association
with a COW tester on the job who
knows his business is one of the
most profitable organizations to be
had.
Do you know your cows? Are
they returning you a profit or do you
keep them around just because you
love them so and love to take care
Of them? Let's get our dairy bust
ness on a business basis. The Farm
Bureau and Extension Service are
ready to help whenever we can.
Get 26 dairymen within a radious OF
fifteen or twenty miles who are in
.erssted in finding out which COW,
are profitable and which are not.
tuberculosis Eradication
Interest in tuberculosis eradica> J
ion is growing. The County Agent
las been extremely busy the past
'ew weeks holding annual township
arm bureau meetings. We imagine {
many people wonder just what is the
nature Of these meetings. We feel
hat an explanation is due the pup ]
ic. These meetings are not propo- S
randa meetings, are not farm bu- !
eau booster meetings, but are sim,
lily a gathering together r., the lead G
ng farmers of each township to
ak over farm problems and to ar
ange for the different lines Of eX-
ension work that these leading 7
ayyners think would be of greatest =