AMERICAN COW VALUES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19050, 22 June 1925, Page 14

AMERICAN COW VALUES.

Good grade dairy cow's are in demand in. America. Choico springing cows of good typo and size, and with cow testing association records of from 300 to 400 Pounds of fat in a year, arc selling from 125 dollars to 250 dollars apiece. Scrub cows arc selling for 25 dollars to 40 dollars apiece. Ihe farmor who raises good cows not only receives more money in the selling of his product but has a good market when ho desires to dispose of a few surplus animals. It costs but little more to raise a cow that will sell for 150 dollars to 200 dollars than one which will bring but 40 dollars. We may add that buyers uro more concerned about the health of cows than they have been in the past. They are seeking cows from accredited areas, which means areas containing less than one-half of one per cent, of tuberculous animals. Not' only do buyers require cattle to come from clean herds, but they are asking, for a 60 and 90-day ro-test guarantee. All of this means the 'dairy farmer of the future must be more efficient than he has been in the past *i success in dairying.