TEST YOUR COWS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6623, 12 September 1908, Page 3

TEST YOUR COWS

THU need OF THE DAY.

There if) no business which will grre a bettor return in hard cash £or mtoliiuont study and systematic management than milk production. The first cssou(liul to increased profit is knowledge, by means of the yearly milk and buttcr-fat yields, of the return from each cow. ■Why should a man keep fifty cows whim ho could obtain the same return from twenty-five, and this with half the land, half the feed, mid half the altondanoo Yet this is what the great majority of Now Zealand dairy fur mors are doing. Speaking of the work of testing tho in.dividual oow. Professor Rarnco of the University of Tennessee, declared it paid to keep re-cords, for tho individuality of tho oows must ho considered if a success ,1b to bo made in tho dairy business. This docs not mean, ho points out, a lot Of worthless effort, but simply doing a little extra work for a largo amount of extra pay. Anyone would bo willing to pal in an extra hour each day for tho sake of doubling his salary. Why not do it P