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Dairy Demonstration Work in New York State 



farmer should put scales and a Babcock tester into his bam, and 

 that the best means of conducting and keeping records of a herd is 

 through a cow-testing association." 



Two other associations were organized in the year 1910 — one 

 at Madrid, in St. Lawrence Oountv, and another at Trout Oreek, 

 in Delaware County. During the year 1911 the following asso- 

 ciations were formed: March 18, 1911, the Cannonsville Associa- 

 tion, in Delaware County; March 28, the Conewango Associa- 

 tion, in Chautauqua County ; March 30, the Massena Association, 

 in St. Lawrence County; April 5, the Bovin-a Association, in Dela- 

 ware County. These, together with the original association at 

 Ithaca, made a total of eight organizations at the end of the 

 year 1911. 



The success of the work up to this time was due largely to the 

 effort of Dr. Raymond A. Pearson, who was then commissioner of 

 agriculture. Most of the work of organization was done by A. J. 

 Nico'll, of Delhi, who prepared Bulletin 30 on cow-testing work, 

 issued by this department in December, 1911. 



During the year 1912 new associations were formed in Catta- 

 raugus, Oneida, Otsego, Jefferson, and Delaware counties, making 

 a total of thirteen organizations at the close of the year. Eleven 

 herds in the Jefferson County association continued the work for 

 three years, and the results obtained are shown in the following 

 table: 



No butter fat record first year. 



