NINE REASONS FOR MILK RECORDS

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 344, 11 January 1918, Page 1

NINE REASONS FOR MILK RECORDS

According to the Louisiana State University, there are nine convincing reasons for keeping records of dairy cows. They are equally true of New Zealand :

1. They enable the dairyman to feed each cow according to the quantity of milk she produces. 2 They form the only basis on which a dairy herd can be improved. The time is here wnen no dairyman will buy a herd bull whose dam does not have an authentic record, showing creditable milk and butter-fat producti n. .") Records alone will sell cows when no other quality will. Cade cows wi.h records can be sold from 25 to 30 per cent, more than those without records.

4. A system of records is the first step in building up a herd. The unprofitable cows are the most expensive. Their heifer calves an- usually low producers, and should not be raised.

5. Records stimulate better feeding and breeding- The dairymm who keeps record* usually keeps a balanced ration, and becomes intertsted la winter dairying, wi ich has numerous advantages over breeding coas to freshen iu the spring t>. The weighing of the feed and m .k ket>ps the cwuer in dote touch with the daily cmditiou of each cow. 7 Records siiaiulate better milking. Alilk scales serve as a chuck ou the milker, ani ihuiiph him to miik the cows more thoroughly t.ian when tfle milk is uot weighed. 8 A knowledge of what ouch animal is doing develops the personal pride and interest in the her J. l J Fiua ly, records nuke airying a busiuxs proportion, and in various iu.idenLal ways mean more nio .ey to the man vviiu milks.