Cow Testing Associations.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 June 1910, Page 4

Cow Testing Associations.

SO.MIO AMERICAX OBSERVATIOXS. I'to feasor A. W. Gil'man, Comniis>;:;;iu,r of Agriculture lor the State of Maine, has special charge of the CV.w Tisfing Aswociiiitions eif that State. • A very interesting pamphlet of If>i) pages was issued lust September. in which the records of the various associations and the herds in ■each association are found. Human nature is .about the same in Maine as i't i.s in Wisconsin. Where you find a wide-awake, reading farm;'!', there you will find a man who is anxious to take advantage of this means to put hiiinsell in po-'s in uf the right knowledge cone! rniMg cows. Such a man realises, t-.) start with, that lie needs t li.its knowledge. Here are so line: oil the opinions expressed by these Maine farmers, onnerruing the b.-m'-fi I 's of the Cow Testing Association : "I have the value O'f definite knowledge eoiKvrning erne's business." "! have learned the value of method in conducting .a dairy busil> "S." "I have learned that cows vary in f\;od requirements." "I have. Lamed that the coat to produce a pound of milk varies widely wit'll dilferer.it cows." I have loadned tlmt the consuming el ten exceeds her iirn lucing cap<ae?ty." '"I I raw liarne* soniethiiig of the part (he food nulrieuts play in the economy of animal life and ini'llc prodm tion." ''I h>ave learned much concerning the methods of feeding." "I have learned the analysis of food, stuffs." "'I have leai ncd that, protein is sometimes led in excess." <L I have learned t.:> have a l".'inline pride in good dairy cows." '"I have leirned the iinporfaii"P of hreediiiig.' "I haw leariitd that breeding operations should be earied on u.ilih iiltelligi noo." "I have hvirnrd that fads have no riL'jht place ill 1111' breeding of dairy ajiiinals." Now tiles? thirteen verv important items of knowledge these Ihiit: en men have le'ri'od iu on>:>'ve'i r, and th<:it is not,all they have learned. How did ft I icy loam these thugs? By going to a caw testing school. We will guarantee that every one of these Maine farmer lee's hiirsclf much better able to grapple lid 1 of the problem of (V>,irving than ever before. We have ird hue-lireds e,!' .bright business men .ask this question: "AYlict ails "use !'aimers thi' 1 they do not stop keeping so many worthless eons which are eating up their profits rignt along? The answer is plain nnd open as a pike-staff. A large oroDiM'tion of them t\) net know their ecus. They have taken no ivains to know them. Thev have Miomdvt it would take a lot ef trouble to keep a record, which e not true, tint thy think so ell the '"Pee. Read our ''Cow Census" reporttaken no matter where. The naked truth is dug right into those rooorfs. Sri ft is in til;' cow testily work. Think of :!: ■ hi-k of the i"iio!ie«t business .ability that iivirks t!'e conduct. of nearly every a-:rd in th:* cow census reports. H. 's '-(Vn't know" here, and 'Yion't know there. If our census takor< wei e not oxnerts. iu d-iVtitfr out f""' '■"■ "I making ;i• i - ''•)' ' i h eping the cows we would I; ■ ..'i . •' " ' "iw ie-t-Mig work ,s !mit an eflort to "ft t^f f'M" l t"? f< *-•■■]" i.c;> ♦!i '■ <1, ' •" • ' V - !. ■« 1 >■: v[ t)0"S ''•e 1 o'ber !ni''i'Tso m --n lun-o to c\--.Mvi .. i" t' 1 ■ 11- work. ft- :« ouf"I Mil' III"'!' ' i'l