SOME RESULT OF COW-TESTING

Golden Bay Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1, 2 June 1910, Page 4

SOME RESULT OF COW-TESTING

The president of the While River Junction Cow-testing Association recently gave some interesting information of the past year’s work of the organisation at Rutland. His association, he explained, hires an expert tester, who spends one day a month with each member, working in the byres. He weighs the food-and estimates the cost per cow, weighs the milk, tests it, estimates its value, and from these figures arrives at a definite conclusion as to just how much profit or loss each ccw oi the herd is making its owner. As a result o! his experiences in the association, one man sold 13 cows of his herd of 25 cow's, and was making more profit from the remaining 12 than lie did from the 25. Another man with 24 cows formerly cleared :6 dol. a year per cow ; now he clears yodol. Some interesting figures were given showing the way the association helped the members in that district. Nineteen herds, totalling 300 cows, were owned by the members. The average milk production of a cow last year was 444Gb. The average amount of butter-fat was 230 II) per cow. Each cow ate 47-37d0l worth of grain, and the average profit per cow was 2.p9id0l a year. It cost i.oGdol per loolb to produce milk, and 28 5-10 cents per pound for butter-fat. The highest'milk yield average for a held was 57201 b, and the highest butter-fat 3 rylb. The] lowest in the same things were! 2.580 and 137. The average milk

$/ield for the beat cows in each*jof the herds \vasjsb74lb and butter-fat 301 U). The average yield of the poorest cow’s in each of the herds was 32351 bof milk and r6211> of butter-fat. 'J he best cow in the association produced Bo2olb of milk and 4951 b of butter-fat at a net profit or 90.72d0l last year. The poorest cow iu some herds did better than the best in other herds. In this association the poorest cow cc * more to keep than the best cow. According to the same authority the testei is paid 50odol a year by the association, and in one month the association gains 393.23 dol. through his services.