Imperial Valley press., 1922-06-07

ly conducted DAIRY farms WHcTc tHc
cows are kept regardless of their pro-
duction, the $50 that the better COW
brings above her expenses Of keeping
goes for keeping the other cows that
are not producing enough to pay for
their board and the result of it is small
profits IN the dairy farming.
In comparing the cost OF production
of those two COWS we will see that the
cost Of production per pound OF butter
fat will be for the first cow 81 cents
per pound, while the market price OF 1t
| is only so cents or II cents loss on every
, pound of butterfat produced. The cost
of production for the better COW will be
about 80 cents per pound OF butterfat,
lleaving IL cents of profit for every
pound produced, against II cents OF loss
for the poor COW.
The greater number of low producing |
cows dairy ranch possesses, the lower
profits are made during the season and
greater disappointment dairy farmers
may expect in their business.
III order to know the productive value
Of every COW in the herd the owner
should joiIi a COW testing association
, and have his cows tested and find out
lhow many good cows he has in the. herd
and also how many boarders he keeps
that are not paying for their keeping.
Some dairymen are joining COW
testing association with intention to
keep check on the creamery believing
that they are cheated on the test, but
, they have no intention of using, the
testing records for improving their
herds and very little Improvement OF
The herds is done by that kind OF dairy
, men.
The purpose of the cow testing asso-
citation is to improve the dairy herds
by eliminating the boarders by means
of testing records which show the pro-
duction value of every COW. a....s
p A member Of a COW testing association
should study the records of his herd
81 every month in order to get benefit
0 from the testing.
The testing is the only sure way to
. tell the true value of the COW. We may
Iiudge the COW by conformation because
| the conformation is closely related to
the production but many times 1T hap
lpens that a COW with good contorma-
ltion is poor producer aud vice versa
and the testing when properly done tells
the truth. -.
By testing his cows the owner of the
lherd knows his best cows ana MANY
times these cows that were intended Tor
the butcher before the testing, BENG
Regarded as unprofitablc turned out to
be the best ones in the herd and often
those that were regarded as the best
lones. and the Leifer calves were raised
from them, were sent to the buteher'
because the testing proved that tncy
had not paid for their feed. In other
words they were cows that had 10 DO
kept instead of keeping the owner.
Knowing the best cows i'll the hcfu
and breeding them to a pure pfed sirc'
one with good record of his ancestors,
or still better to proven one whose OIL
}spring are high producers, 1t is not dl1il,
cult to increase production of the hcrd
t5O per cent in the first generation
For example: The herd of ~, cows
that arc producing an average OF -oo
pounds of butterfat per season VIII pro
duce in one season 5000 lbs. OF butterld.
at so cents a pound, $4,000. The cost OF
Keeping at $40 Il month for cach cow
Twill amount TO $2i00' a year tor tne
Iherd which leaves a profit of only SloV,
BY using Il pure bred sire apd testlus
lin order to eliminate the boarders, aiiu
lraising the calves from the pest pro:
lducerS, the pfouuctioH " tho lat'' .
Grafton could be increased to 3oo POUNDS
lof butterfat per COW. The total Tor uie
Iherd OF 20 cows'will be 1000 pounds OF
Ibutterfat and at 80 cents pound VIII
amount to $500. Counting the cost OF
keeping at $40 per cow month VIII
lleave profit Of sl1oo a year. instead
of 800.
| The testing Of 20 cows at $l.5O a
season per, COW. will amount TO $50 a
+. Iyear or 800 for the three, years. Any
dairy farmer that has the intention to-
increase his incomc will see that II
lpays TO test and 'usr a, pure bred sir.e
rim the herd, IT..
4 II means profit and, BY making profit
in his business he viii be more interest
ed in his occupation and consider II as
pleasure instead of a drudgcry
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