COW-TESTING ASSOCIATION.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1814, 29 July 1913, Page 8

COW-TESTING ASSOCIATION.

WOODVILLE RESULTS. At the first annual meeting of tho ,J \Voodvillo Cow-testing Association the president, Mr. Litchfield, made a strong appeal to dairymen to continue tho testing. He quoted numerous instances to provo that cow-testing was a very profitable investment as the following experience will show. The dairvmau whoso experieneo he mentioned, milks 18 cows which were tested individually throughout last season.' His records' showed that if his whole herd had come up to the same average return as the average of his four best cows, he would have been .£IOO better off without any increase in expenditure on labour, feed, and so on. Mr. W. M. Singleton, the Departmental officer in charge of cow-testing associations, addressed the meeting, and urged the members to continue the testing. He emphasised the fact that it was tho only way to get together a profitable herd. He said the Woodville Association last season tested 936 cows, and tho average yield was 200.181b. butter-fat. The best herd averaged 29Glb. per cow, and tho average for ten herds was 2711b. per cow. Tho best cow tested made 4481b. butter-fat, and the best ten cows averaged 3SOlb. The worst cow in the lot had been milked for 230 days, and only produced 80.771b. but-ter-fat. The ten worst cows made an average of 1141b. butter-fat. The best herd, milking 210 days and over, averaged 3231b. butter-fat, and the worit herd, milked tho same time, averaged 1231b. butter-fat. The cows in the .ten worst herds averaged 1431b. butter fat. .