COW TESTING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 1760, 27 May 1913, Page 8

COW TESTING.

SCALES V. MAN'S JUDGMENT. Another instnnco of Hip valtio of contesting associations as a means of ascertaining ths> cnrniiiy power of individual cows was brought under the notice of a Dominion representative by a Woodvillo dairy man the oilier day. As o result ot joining a properly conducted testing association in his district, tho dairyman in question has been compelled, against his own judgment, to roverso the order of merit of many of his cows since the evidence of tho. scales and tester has been forthcoming. He instanced the record of ono cow in particular. Oil judging her on her bucket performance, lie had decided that she was below the standard of the herd, and lind singled her out as a cull, and placed lior under offer for salo at a low figure. This was before tho association had been established. To-day .£-0 would not buy this particular cow, now that her exact performance is known. On the other hand, several members of the herd that had previously been held in high estimation will figuro as rejects in the next clearing sale.

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