The Cordova daily times., 1922-08-04
PUREbRED COWS ADVOCATED BY
 INSTITUTE

CHICAGO, August 4--The milk and butter fat at present produced by the Z3,000,000 dairy COWS Of the United States could be produced by 100000 if only purebred sires were at the head of each herd, according to a survey made public here by the National Institute of Progressive Farming.
 In Denmark, which has the most highly developed dairy industry in the world, the productiveness of COWS is double that of the United States, it was pointed out.
 The worlds champion nlbR ana butter fat cows are in this coun- try, but less than three Quarters of a million of the 23,000,000 producing dairy cows are purebred. This &C., counts for the fact that our average production is only one-half that of Denmark and Holland.
 An illustration of the profit in the use of purebred sires comes from Iowa State College, according to tbe survey. In this instance the first cross breeding of native COWS with purebred Holstein- -Friesians showed an increase of 83 per cent in milk and 58 per cent in butter fat The second generation COWS, which were quarters purebred, showed an increase of 180 per cent in milk and 12S per cent in butter fat over the production of the orig inal native cows If this process were followed in all herds the survey estimates that production would be about forty pounds of butter per cap ita instead of seventeen a year as at present, eight or nine pounds of cheese instead of 3.S and three pints of milk daily instead of one.
 The survey expressed the opinion that American farmers are progress sing slowly but surely toward this standard, just as they are progress sing in other ways, that is in the TO- tation and diversification of crops, greater use of fertilizer and the en- ployment of tractors and other farm power machinery which saves time to be devoted to the greater care required by higher grades of live stock.
 DAIRY FARMERS PROGRESSIVE
 The dairy farmer, the survey shows, is a leader in the progress sive farming and the prosperity of dairy territory is apparent to the passerby in the large number of automobiles to be seen, good condi- tion of roads, and in thriving, brisk looking villages and towns.
 The survey finds that in commun- ities where dairying is in it's infancy purebred sires are often community owned.
 The Northwest leads in the con- structive dairying programme. The greatest dairy show in the world is to be held at Minneapolis in Octo- Der. In North and Souht Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota the survey reports that the State gov ernments are actively behind the upbuilding of dairy herds. In tht Dakotas there are big educational committees at work and the pro- gramme has the support of bankers and business men generally. Another encouraging aspect of the situation is found by the survey in reports by the purebred associations. All report business good and it is stated that five shipments of Aver shires were recently made respectively to Costa Rica, Hawaii. Mexico, China and Japan. A greater number of Jerseys have been registered in the past year than any year in the his | tory of the American Jersey Cattle College, with one exception. Registra- tions this year so far number 43,0OO. i Breeders are looking forward to a tremendous demand with a return of prosperity of farms in the near fu- l ture.