38 Dairy Demonstration Work in New York State 



show an average loss of $25.83 ; the cost of feed was highest in the 

 poorest herds. jSTote the splendid production of the best cow. 



reasons foe daily weighing of the milk of each cow IN 



THE HERD 



1. It tells the dairyman when all the cows are milked. In a 

 large herd it is not an unconunon thing to miss a cow. 



2. It increases the interest of both the owner and the help. 



3. It increases the interest of the farmers' boys in the dairy 

 business as nothing else will. 



4. It gives the only correct basis for economical feeding. 



5. It often detects a sick animal by calling attention to the 

 falling off in the milk. 



6. It tells when the pastures begin to fail. 



7. It enables the farmer to get more milk from the herd during 

 the year and at a less cost, by stimulating him to better methods 

 of feeding and care. 



REPORTS FROM ASSOCIATIONS 



In Dutchess County a member of the association found that his 

 test at the milk station was 3.3 per cent, for the month, while his 

 association test was 4 per cent. On calling the attention of the 

 manager to the matter, a mistake was found and the dairyman 

 received another check for the month's milk that more than paid 

 the cost of membership in the cow-testing association for the year. 



The tester from Sullivan County writes: " When the associa- 

 tion started in December last, not a member was feeding a 

 balanced ration. Before the cows went to grass the past spring, 

 nearly every farmer had changed to a mixture giving more milk 

 at a less cost of feed and with less udder trouble." 



From Schoharie County comes the report that the tests of sev- 

 eral members have been raised at the creamery. Some faraiers 

 have kept the milk of low-testing cows for home use. Calves 

 that never would have been kept have been raised from dams 

 with good records. The records have made good sales for cows. 

 A better-balanced ration is fed, thus lowering the cost of feed. 

 Some dairymen are keeping cows that they intended to dispose of ; 

 others are selling cows that they intended to keep. 



