The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-07-12
DairyHerdRecord
Gains High Mark
Average Production of 794.74 Lbs.
OF Milk and Bios Lbs. of Butter
Fat Per Cow For June
SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT
SHOWN IN PAST FIVE YEARS
Association to be Organized For Car
rying On Testing Work in
Churchill County

During the month of June the
largest number of dairy herds were
tested on this project that have ever
been tested during any previous
month since the dairy industry was
established on the project. Sity-fiye
dairy herds were given milk and
butter fat production tests. The
samples were very largely taken by
non-interested persons temporarily
employed for this purpose. The re-
suits of this test may be taken as a
fair average of the production of the
dairy cattle of this valley for the
month And since IL is practice of
our dairymen to have their cattle
freshen at anytime through the year,
this June test may be taken as fair
monthly average production of the
dairy herds of this valley
Included in the sixty-five herds
tested were 934 COWS in all stages
of laetation and all ages These cat
tie produced an average of 794.74
pounds of milk and 31.OS pounds of
butter fat per COW for the month of
June. When IL is considered that
these cattle were fed exclusively on
alfalfa hay, with the exception of
possibly two or three herds which
were given some grain, we have
reason to feel that our dairy herds
have reached a very fair stage of
production. We should not be con-
tent, however, for there is much
room for Improvement.
Five Years Show Marked Increase In
the Efficiency of Dairy Cows
In June, 1917, there were 500
cows on test in this project. The
testing work at that time was done
by a testing association, the expense
being borne by the dairymen. The
average production of the 500 cows
on test in 1917 was 628.74 pounds
fmilk and 24.71 pounds of butter
fat. At that time there were only
seven herds which exceeded in pro-
duction thirty pounds of butter fat
for the month, while for June, 1922,
there were nine herds with an aver
age production of better than forty
six pounds of butter fat Our aver
age production for June of this year
shows an increase per COW of l66
pounds of milk and 6.36 pounds of
butter fat per COW for the month
over what IL was in 1917. These
figures give us a very fair idea of
what has been going on In the way
of Increased efficiency in the dairy
cattle of our project during the past
five years. II we take this average
increased production per COW and
multiply IL by the total number of
dairy cows of the project, We will
have some idea of what the in
creased efficiency in our dairy herds
means to the owner and to the
prosperity of the valley.
Further Testing Work to Depend Up
ON Organization of Testing
Association
Herd testing holds the key to
greater improvement. The work of
the U. s. Department of Agriculture
In this project for the past eight
years has been devoted principally
to the furthering of the dairy indus
try. One of the principal burdens
of this work has been the increasing
of the efficiency of the dairy cattle
population of the project In order
to make dairying permanent and at
tractive to COW owners, profitable
production Is essential. Because of
very wide variation in the produc-
tivity of dairy cattle. IL is absolute
ly necessary that the production OF
the individual cows of the herd be
very carefully scrutinized. Careful
herd testing is the only reliable
means of determining the merits of
individual cows in the herd.
Herd testing work has been car
ried on by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture here since its establish
ment on the project. persistently and
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