. The Utah Farmer : Devoted to Agriculture in the Rocky Mountain Region. s 26members with a total of 570 cows en-rolled. Of these, there are 47 regis-tered Holsteins, 25 registered Jerseysand the remainder grade Holsteins,Jerseys, Guernseys, Ayrishires andShorthorns. In this organization, a trained test-er is employed who spends a dayevery month with each of the herdsin the association. He weighs andsamples the milk from each cow atmilking time and figures the amountof roughage and concentrates giveneach cow. From this days record, hecomputes the milk and fat productionand cost of feed for eac
. The Utah Farmer : Devoted to Agriculture in the Rocky Mountain Region. s 26members with a total of 570 cows en-rolled. Of these, there are 47 regis-tered Holsteins, 25 registered Jerseysand the remainder grade Holsteins,Jerseys, Guernseys, Ayrishires andShorthorns. In this organization, a trained test-er is employed who spends a dayevery month with each of the herdsin the association. He weighs andsamples the milk from each cow atmilking time and figures the amountof roughage and concentrates giveneach cow. From this days record, hecomputes the milk and fat productionand cost of feed for each cow for thecurrent month. , , In Denmark where this work origi-nated, the improvement of dairy cattle;s very marked due to these associa-tions, the average annual yield ofbutter per cow having increased from12 pounds, in 1884, to 224 pounds in1908. There are approximately 200 such-lseociations in the United States andthey are gaining rapidly in dairymen who would not go tothe trouble of testing their herds them-selves, are glad to avail themselves of. The milkin the pailthe cow kicksover is lostforever A ND the butter-fat that goes into the can through the skim-milk/-\ spout of a cheap, inferior or worn-out cream separator is just assurely lost as the milk in the pail the cow kicked over. If youare trying to get along without a cream separator, or with an inferioror worn-out machine, you are losing butter-fat right along andbutter-fat is money. Get Your DE LAVALNow—-Right Away every day you use it it will be pay-ing for itself out of its own saving. If you havent the spare cash right now that need not hinder yourimmediate purchase. We have an arrangement with De Laval agents which makes itpossible for any reputable farmer to secure a De Laval on the partialpayment plan—a small payment at time of purchase and the balancein several installments, so that a De Laval really pays for itself whileyou are using it and getting the benefit from it. Let the De Laval
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