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but with other feed there is nothing of greater value, and it b looked 

 upon as the roost economical food on Ontario farms. The com 

 uils. Alfalfa yields a most valuable crop aad b un- 

 equalled for milk Sut when it U nude into ensilage there 

 is a good deal of loss. 



Coti iciple of this work b tint 



each cow in the herd shall he known by its milk record in both 



:ii\ and <|uah:\ i found that one good cow 



than ? \ combined. Based upon records. 



the mi|.t iial is eliminated and the profitable retained. 



The principle i... any farmers, and b 



becoming general throughout the Province. It b revolutionary. 



the one IMP.! mud) wasted human energy, and. on the 



ccssfully C* I : . \\hitl. (/..mmttsion 



ic pud-. the eat* 



so, fort the \alue of cow testing i quickly tested 



in * trict where dairymen have tecn bright enough t< 



adopt it. Results | . they are striking; not 



.1 in ounces, hut in t< tractions of 



hut hy hundreds of dolla: are not hYtion. though they 



times approach the -em!. Ian.-. they are sober, hard-pan 



\n increase of from 70 per cent, up to 300 per cent, b here 

 h of the six her ; >|>ecli\ely in the six pro- 



vinces. "Our results e 1 cow testing as one of the best 



time saving and laUmr-saving propositions laced before 



idian dairymen. For the investment of one little dollar in 

 scales men are no ing 20 through the increased 



Vs the intense s. n of knowing that they are 



none hut profitable C..-A Probably no work on the farm pays 

 greater profi nplc fact is that there is a sum of over 



$20,000,000 per year lying dormant in undeveloped cow 

 A good slice of that is yours " in Indeed, this is an 



proves. The milk records of $ of 



the poorest cows in < >ntari were compared with those of 500 of the 

 and it was found that there was a difference uf over 



pounds of milk, or a profit of $64 per good cow as compared with 



nts per bad one. showing that each of the best herd was equal 



,5 of the worst ! Thus the extra revenue to Ontario alone could 



.000,000. and possibly $24,000,000. Cow-testing b in 



truth a bed-rock principle, worthy of universal application. 



