CONCERNING THE TEST.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1713, 2 April 1913, Page 10

CONCERNING THE TEST.

.•is a man test desirable? ..»'! 5 r ~—~— ■ • Jjfi.'B -recent address, Mr. Charles TV ■\\(Dod, president of the Holstein Associa .America, mado , tlio following ratlio'r striking remarks on the HolsteinI''resi:m cow and tlio test:— cow in America maintained a reimtation has. exhibited traits of, character are responsible foi her sijcjess. /..The time will never come when, jljcow tan produce 25.0D0 pounds of milk. per. anntiui, testing G per cent., nor will the time ever come when the wise dairyman, will seek to change materially the' present'cliaracteristics of the• Hoi-£teiti-i'ri£jsian' 'cow,, so, far as tho constifiient parts of lier product are concerned. ,1' ipn to breeding for butteriatj but "tthilik ! ive are in danger of putting v 'tSbi: much emphasis upon' that ■p'tculiaf trait ,pf character. ■ - 'If it'verc possible to causa the HolstcinFriesian cow to give. milk with a 5 or G 'pei' ibnt."()'t" butter-fat content, and that •liossvbililyj-wero in my control, I would destroy ;it. '-'Tho Holstein-FriSsian' cow is »' Kvoat'-'blessing to the world and her Success ••nai' Wn brought about by tho fatt-•■that' 1 tho;;-natural product of' tho breed'is;'in.!the vicinity of 3.48 per cent. Koindt.wid'.'go ..'considerably above ■ ami some considerably below; the general av-ii'age,lias-.hevcr been changed. I think it never will be and never ought to be, and'-medical'men all over the world aro Understanding. Three, Rer Cent. Milk Healthiest. - valuable according to the| purpose for'wliich 'it is intended. For wnole cou'stMiiiHtt;n,.' , tnjlk with a. 3 per cent, •butter-fat"-,content is letter and healthier th'an't.h'at with' d 4 jer cent, or s.per cent, butter-fat. content. We arei too prone to proclaim -that our cows aro high testers, which,.is v ,equivalent to saying that we depend more, on percentage of fat than on,quantity .of.'ifat, or quantity of milk. May,w.e, not :w.ell give- more prominenco to/ the. quantity'produced by our cows, both of,ja,t i'au'd of milk,? The cow thn't gives'lOOipounds of milk in one day with a<.3. pei't.ccnt.:..'content,, contributes three pbunds :of :.'fat;:and !)7 pounds' of muscle, bone, and body-building, nutriment. The cow.'"_th|it, ( giV.(;sJO pounds of milk per day with a G fat content, contributes to. Jier.:owheivthree: pounds of fat 'and-.47 pounds "of .bone, jnuscle, and body-building' material.^,';Each makes tho same amount of ibuttci'T oue makes twice tho amount qfcby-prbjltf'&t;.'' The low-testing co\y is far. more'valuable, as a producer. Then wlij help people, producers and alike, to understand'! it, and not be' forever prating about percentages. r , ■