White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-03-25

great deal since the boom days of
about 1920-21. The cost of testing has
remained the same and many breeders
feel that the cost per record per COW
is greater than the increased value on
account of the record Whether this
is true or not depends on several fac
tors one of which is the size of the
record. I believe that the exceptional
record in almost all cases is paying
proposition when we consider all of
the benefits accruing from that record.
1t would seem to me then that we
need some sort of system whereby
we can get supervised records on a
greater number of cows at lower
cost and at the same time retain the
present system for the testing of the
exceptional COW.
The cost per record per cow can be
materially reduced if the breeders will
plan to have their COWS freshen so
that they have full string for the
supervisor. A supervisor may test Is
COWS MIXED twice per day in one
group or COWS times per day or
COWS times per day. When the cows
are MIXED twice per day in Classified
ton G the cost would be $3.50 per
month for one COW or is. If the breed
Loc f,,11 cf,ir ha
per COW per month is only little over
Sc cents. The cost for the 2-day test
is $11.00 and the cost per COW per
month would be about $1.3S with s
three-timers on test or $1.S4 with 6
four-timers. AS far as the supervision
is concerned then the cost for twelve
month record for a COW MIXED times
per day is about $22O8, for a COW
MIXED times $16.56 and for COW
MIXED 2 times per day in Classifica-
ton about $6.75 if full string is
on test throughout the test period
This does not take into consideration
the extra labor, feed, fees to the as
sociation, acid, and boarding the
tester.
The One-Day Test
One method of reducing the cost of
testing is the adoption of the one-day
test. A great deal of research work
has been done on the one-day test and
it has been found that the one-day test
with preliminary milking gives very
nearly the same results as the two
day test In view of this fact the
American Guernsey Cattle Club has
dropped the 2-day test entirely and
the Jersey Cattle Club and Ayrshire
Association have made the one-day
test optional. All Jerseys, Guernseys,
and Ayrshires on test in this state
are on the one-day test.
That the Jersey breeders have en-
Enthusiastically taken to the ene-day test
is shown by the figures given by Sec
rotary Morley of the American Jer-
sey Cattle Club at their recent annual
meeting. Out of 2400 Jerseys on test
at the end of 1926. 1860 were on one
day test and only TAO on two-day
test, 300 herds were on the one-day
test and 1876 on the 2-day test. This
means that practically 1910 of the Jer-
sey breeders have changed to the one
day test in the months it has been
optional.
Classification c
Supt Gardner in letter dated Oct.
18, 1926, authorized the one-day test
with preliminary milking in Classified
ton C. This materially reduces the
cost of records on cows MIXED o
times per day. Thus far we have 2
Holstein breeders that have taken ad-
vantage of this opportunity.
Herd Test
The Ayrshire herd test has now
been in operation about 16 months and
the number of cattle on test is nearly
1000. This is a greater number of
Ayrshire cattle than has ever been on