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Ne» York U609 us* (716) 482 - 0300 - Phone (716) 288- S989 - Fa« CIBCULAR-D. A C. 8. Ho. 6. DKPARTMENT OK Ar.hJrrLTI'RR OrFIOK OK THE DaIRY AND CoLIJ HlOKAOE COMMISSION KB, Ottawa, Sept^mbrr, 1912. (Extracla from the Report of Ik. fJah,, and Veld Sto,a,je Comminnioner, 1911.) GOOD REASONS FOR COW TESTIHO. From oorrespoudence with n.e.nk-r. of cow testiuR «.so.iatioi.8 the following cEe.r ^''"^ ^"""^'" '^*'"'** ^^"""''"^•e and coi.tim.e the system hrra Individual Cowi. k Cow testing enables one to Hud out the poorest cows, those not p.ijing for their I feed, so that tlu-y may be got rid of. *' ■? « In iiiany fii.r, oi.e-.,uarter of the cows in the herd have been discovered to be not worth k. epins, in .-^ome eases half the herd and even as high as three-quarters have been turned out. This means certainty in dairying, no more guess work as to individual performance. 1 2. Cow testing shows that many cows considered only average are really the best I in the herd. ^ 3. Cow testing points out definitely which cows are the best j.rodueer.s, both in milk I and butter fat. "•"» i Cow testing proves that many cows considered the highest in test are really the I low trSL* 5. Cow testing saves good cows from being beefed. th«..v are found to be profitable when actual yield and cost of feed are considere*!. ». Cow testing shows that many fine looking cows do not bring in mxu-h cash from I the factory. * *«""i 7. Cow testing helps to discover the great difference in persistency of flow 8. Cow testing brings to notice the slightest variation in flow and urges one to wA ' for the cause of the shrinkage. ^^ Herds as a Whole. 1 9. Cow testing helps to increase the total yield of milk and fat from the same num- J her of cows. 110. Cow testing brings in larger returns from fewer cows. 111. Cow testing helps to build up a profitable her.l <,nickl.v because heifers can \» ■ selectc'l from the best cows. Feed. |l2. Cow testing allows more discrimination in feeding, apportioning the grain accor,!- I mg to the yield of fat. 113. Cow testing emphasizes the benefit of liberality in feeding suc-ulent .ligestible I food stuffs. " Ih. Cow testing abundantly proves that it pays haiidsomelv to give dairy .-ows the lest of care and kind treatment ; this includes reguiarity as to miikinp earlv stabling in the lall. protection from cold rain?, spraying to protect from flieT- and above all. particular attention to cleanliness, light and ventilation in the St&DlG> Il5. Cow testing demonstrates that many good cows can be kept at a smaller cost of ■ feed. This is not stinginess, but e<'onomv. 28181—1 The Jkixjma HiniMlf. "' ^** m'kJ^tc^.- "" '"°" "''"""'"' °' '" '^'"' "^'J* «•*»•'•• ^l"-* IT. B«c.uw cow ;e.ti„g*d«veIop* tl.i. faculty of obwrv.tion and induce- re, 18 TK. • ^^' °""!'^'':* °^ — ociation- .re becoming far better dahrmen "• '"' '::^z:::^jz::^ '- ^'^^ ^"^•' ---"--'^ ^•"•^ «- *»>- > 20. Neighbouring farmers who originally .coffed at the idea of cow teating 81 A ^*""* "nprcsed with the results obtained by member.. * ^nJ.-,T.*l'* !5 '*"""'' "ati-faetion result, from .tudying each cow . 90 n °'^'"<*'?''' performer, not a. a mere machine. "^ » «« «ow 22. Cow ;-t.r^ --- -^^^^^^^ for good cow., and creates infinitely more pi I?' ^^ Slo^or"'''''^*" "^*''"'^ ^'°™ '^' '"^^" "'""'hly testing i. much >.^_ Mtwfactory ,n every way than getting an occaaional result only once or 1 24. Financially, cow testing is of very great benefit; young bull, .ell for higher n, Cow. sell for double the old prices when buyers see records 25. Cow testing not only interest, the boys and girk more and more in farm lif. Sdren "'"*' '" providing additionnl home comforts for the women' nrCBEASES IN TIEIDS. A few of the poiitiTe fWM in milk yieldt and cadi receipt! are riren heloi ^Jmti'LT ' "^-"'Pli'hed by men who take np cWTi let ^ ) averaging 4,000 poundi he yield of this herd is t ONTARIO. Dr. D. RobertBon, Milton, writes, ' Our h. milk six years ago, now average over 8,000 i. .i setMi to be more than double what it was. u W- ^S'«*"»"'' Culloden, writes, ' We havt -.'ased the average yield per i about 2.000 pound.*, our herd averaged about 7,300 pounds for 1910 ' Wm. Stock, Cassel, writes, ' My herd haa increased from 5,OOo' to 8.000 dou for oach cow in two years.' This is a 60 per cent increase. E. Mollen. Cambr-.y, writes. 'I have achieved an increase of at leaat twentv per cent. •' W. C. Shearer. Bright, writes, 'Our average has raised from 6,000 to 6i pounds in three years.' ' J. W. Jeweon. Stone Quarry, writes. 'We have a marked increase in pounds milk produced, in some cases equal to 1,000 pounds per cow ' u ^' ^J^-S"' ^''?^*°"' ?,r'*^''- ' A" tl^e ^^«1 show a large increase, one four-ve old gave 12,000 pounds of milk.' • Jonathan Austin, Lynn Valley, writes, ' My herd now averages over 6,000 po„t per "ow. George Bishop, Norwich, writes. 'Two yeans ago before keeping records our h of 12 cows averaged less than 6.000 pounds; this year, 1.3 cows average over% pounds.' This la an increase of over S3 per cent ' W. E. Thomson, Woodstock, writes, ' I have raised th- averaire of m-^ >,««l *,, ill that go t« luces reaJiii^ lirymen. ts with other e them liett«r testing bavfl ih cow ai v. nore pleasur<| I much mori [)nce or twi v ligher price arm life, but » women William Kaufmaa CajiMl »*;»». * \r ■ilk ia 1910 than in 1909.' ' ^' '""*• »"''' "'« *^°»^ LOGO pound, more "'Siy''-'^''"' s."'':- u^^L-.^* "•• "•« <"" M.« no„.,,. I Walter Pateraon, Ingeraoll, writes 'In imr ♦K pounds, and in 1910 the avera«e of J .""i ?' »J« /''"««•' of 11 cowa was 5,858 Wm. Beddie, Pretcott. writea ' Tn ion? .u QUEBEC. (n below v BOW testiq poumls 0: lierd is thm Chaa. Wilkina, East Famham. writes ' Tn lona ^ i«r „.„.' Thi. ,..,„,„,.„, £ . ^j„";;';'' Ji-.^^"— •- ""....d .*« ,-. _^H.^P. 0,«„. C,..„e„„,, „„„, ,„„, ^,. ^„. ,„„^,^ ^__^ ^^^ ^^ ^,^ D. F, Hawley, Nutfa Comer writaa ' w» i.„„ j S. A. Cleland. HemmingSrd Zi^ « p' •""" ?"''' ? twenty-five per cent win.' r-r ..er«^ return, per cow'^rr; Tn t^bo^t ^^^ I ^T'^^'? and keeping reo':>rd«. merease of 7« per cent. *^ ' '"'^ •^«'>'" '* w"" l«W.' This ia an W. P. Dimick, South Stukelev writ^^ ' T» „.., 1 1 i. l , rfcow testing in dollan. and cent arvet hn! T L * ''"•^, '° ^'•™"»'' *''« value knowledge I now have.' ' ^^*' ^"^ ^ ^""''^ "«* t«ke a good deal for the l«c.SJt,r:f ^^rZtV£'''' '^'^ "'"'"' '^"^ -- ^'-" <•- thi, ,e«r 3 eoUn a.To^tt-;.ij: j— f J^e .yieji from 5..i; ,, ., „„, ,_ ...I^;p S^Sti^'^tir?^;;:; ^r^^^ - ^'-^ -- ^- ^-^t, i.r -w^^eSpT^nSTn'^H;;";;;^^^^^ "^^ "^^^ ^''« — f- ....S4 pound, hwAuTiX't in;:" r.',:; r^erpSf f^'^^-i--:;^^ -' -"^ ^- ^o This is an increase of «V^/»-or,/p?r^J in tlTr "t r'?'^'' *"*^ ^30 pound., of fat in the yield of milk. '^ "' '" ^^"^ •^'^^'^ «f f«t- «nd m-«.^/-o„^ p,, //^^ LJpoLs''ormi,kn;^^^^^^^^^ >•— ^ ^-'.-. p. ..n, ,ro. .t : i?i;ra^;??STori^^- ^,1^;;;-^ -- Ponnd. of mi,. f'P<'r rent. •^■'"" r^^Ms of milk, or an increase of TreffleMorin. Notre Dame de Stanbridge. write, '0„r . 1.000 pounds of milk on the average over last year' ^«w=. have increased I r-yrille Laurin, fils. Cot^ St HormaT, „.U i'nr . lore this year.' ' '^'™'''' ^'^'^^' ^« J^^^e made over $15 per cow MAI ITIMK PKOVINCKS. RoVh rt llurr.y, M.rthviUe, N..S.. write*. • Fro.,. 4 tow. in 1W8 I wKl 6^7 r<,und uf^LutUr; from « cow. in 1910 I .,hl 1.4(H) pound-.' Tl.i- i. u.. i...re«e of ^. .uoJn.Uk.'''' ^*'^^' ""**'^"' ^'*'«' '*"«^"'' •^^'^' «'« K«"i"«r «»'«"t 50 per .*. ,w.„f *"'" ^''*^"'' ^*'"°''*2""' -NB- *"»«•. • The averHge of butter fat increa. twenty pound, per cow i 1910 orer 1»00.' •"«-re»s niore'^mUk?''*"'"*'^' '^'"°"" ^'"^' ^•"•' ^"•««' '^^'« "'« ««""* -< l^«^t rnc-.,uart, n.ilk^rim'.h"'"'"' ^•*'^'~'; N.B. write.. -We have greatly increased in fctul milk from the same number of cow..' from"*; L^tT-'sas lll'n'ljr N.B write.. ' In ^ven year* the average wa. brought u, from 4.500 to <. 885 Pound, of m.lk per cow.' This i. an increa.e of 70 pm- cnt. yield of mifk"^ ' • *"*"' ' ' •"""* '"" "''""' '^*«"»^ tJ" «*-"« three^ierr"..^'"*''''' ^*""'"**''"' ^''''•^' """'''*■ ' -^'^ ""•'••'"«« !« about ♦!.-. per co« i, over^a.t'y?a'n"*^*' ^-""'"«^°"' P"^-^' '^•"to.. 'Our six -ow. inrreased 4.800 pound pounIo?mi?'"**' ''•""'''••"'^' ^•^•'- ^"'"' '«- '-• »>»- increased 2,( more^' ^' ^"'*'*^' ^"*^ '^^™"' ^•*^-'" ''"*"*• '^ "" '^"""^ «'"'»* »20 per oJ mt.i^isc'crr'"'"''""'^' ^'^'■' '"*^'' '^^ ''^"^ "- «^- - '*- "•--« BRITISH COLUMBIA. Halliday Bros Sandwlck. -ite. ' We have more than doull ' our ortput ' I G. G. Baiss. Maple Bay, writes. ' In 3* years the average per cow has inc-rrnwl from 17 per month to $12 per month.' This is over 71 per cent "ncrM^i 9 nnn^' ^ ■ ^"T ^r*^"*'^' ^!'**«' ' T° « y«»™ '« ''«ve raised the average more than 2,000 pounds of milk per cow. "I in the amount of butter fat per cow. « <» e fomi The increases detailed above, coupled with these published in the report of larti year, furnish the strongest possible incentive for every dairy farmer to tesTeach row ,n his herd systematical^ Such results mean definite saving of time enerrS; and thought at present bestowed on cows not worth keeping; and me. besWe.S very satisfactory increases m cash receipts, a derided raising of the whole tone 3 dairy fflrminp. "'uic lone oi| Milk records forms will be supplied free on application.