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Vol. XVII. Part 6. 10th June, 1919. 



SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DAIRYING 

 INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Address given before the Annual Conference of Butter Factory 

 Managers, Melbourne. May, 1919, 



By A. E. v. Richardson, M.A., B.Sc, Agricultural Superintendent. 



During the past Iwenty years the dairying industry of the United 

 States has made great progress, and the yearly value of its dairy produce 

 is now estimated at £200,000,000. 



Though during the period mentioned the total number of cattle in the 

 country has shown no increase, the numher of dairy cows has greatly 

 increased, and to-day exceeds 20,000,000, 



The profits from dairying have been materially increased during the 

 past decade, partly as a result of the consuming demand of the rapidly 

 increasing population, and partly as the result of increased efficiency of 

 dairy production. 



This increased efficiency in dairy production has been brought about 

 by the intensive educational propaganda carried out by well-equipped 

 agricultural colleges and experiment stations in each of the forty-eight 

 States of the Union and the activity of the many associations organized 

 for the advancement of the dairy industry, such as the Herd Improve- 

 ment Associations, Co-operative Cow Testing Associations, and the 

 numerous Cattle Breeders' Associations throughout the Union. 



I wish to confine my remarks to a few features of fundamental 

 importance to all dairy interests, namely (1) recent developments^ in 

 feeding and breeding of dairy cattle; (2) the work of the Cow Testing 

 Associations; (3) the educational and investigational work done in the 

 United .States in the interests of the dairying industry. 



Feeding of Dahiy Cattle. 

 The visitor accustomed to the conditions prevailing in the Australian 

 dairying districts is much impressed by the buildings and plant on the 

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