THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, NOVEMBER, 1927 



BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS ERADICATION WORK 

 IN MASSACHUSETTS 



Comparison of Results of First Nine Months 1926 Versus 1927 



Total 1424 2191 767 29732 36760 7028 5710 3459 2251 19.2 9.4 



*Decrease 



Note under the voluntary test plan an increase of over 509^ in number of herds 

 submitted to State and Federal supervision which shows a return of confidence on 

 the part of cattle owners. The drop in number of cattle reacting to the first test 

 from 52.89r in 1926 to 269r in 1927 indicates that the "fake test" has been elimin- 

 ated. At the average of indemnity paid last year the 2251 reduction in number of 

 reactors has resulted in an actual saving to the Commonwealth of $60,363.00 and 

 at least $40,000.00 saving to the Federal Government. If la.st year's average of 

 19.2% reactoros had obtained on the 36760 cattle tested the Commonwealth would 

 have been liable under the law in the amount of $191,231.00 of $75,000.00 more 

 than our actual liability for first nine months' work. 



FRANK B. CUMMINGS, Director. 



ANSWERS TO 



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1. Apples, producing in 1925, 655,000 

 barrels, with Maine second with 645, 

 000 barrels. 



2. Ten, there being three new ones or- 

 ganized this year. 



3. The Morrill Act, passed by Congress 

 in 1862, provided for the establish- 

 ment of the state agricultural col- 

 leges, the Massachusetts Agricultur- 

 al College being located at Amherst. 



4. The average Massachusetts farm 

 has 70.8 acres, the average per farm 

 of improved land being about 30 

 acres. 



5. Massachusetts produces annually 

 about 14,000,000 pounds of tobacco. 



6. Massachusetts stood fourteenth in 

 1925 and 1926 with the average 

 acreage of about 7,000. 



7. In 1926 Massachusetts stood first in 

 yield per acre and over the five-year 

 period of 1921-25 she was third, be- 

 ing exceeded by Pennsylvania and 

 Connecticut. In 1926 Massachu- 

 setts' yield was 1,448 pounds per 

 acre. Massachusetts stands second 

 to Connecticut in price received per 

 pound, 32.11* being the average price 

 received over the five-year period. 



8. There are about 138,000 cows and 

 heifers in Massachusetts, the esti- 

 mated value being $13,110,000. 



9. The first thing that Lindy askev for 

 was a bath and a bottle of milk. 



10. Milk is often called the perfect food 

 because it contains all of the food 

 elements which our body needs for 

 growth. 



Dairy products lead all others in total 

 value on Massachusetts farms, being 

 valued at more than $24,765, 000; hay 

 and forage being next with a valuation of 

 $20,149,000. 



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WISWELL THE DRUGGIST ! 



Mass. ! 



Not One 

 But Fifty-seven 



The cow test associations of Ver- 

 mont from July 1, 1926 to July 1. 

 1927 reported 98 herds which pro- 

 duced an averaf^e per cow of niore 

 than 300 pound.s butterfat in the full 

 cow test year. Of these 98 herds, 57 

 leceived Eastern States grain — more 

 than half — and 47 have i-ontracted 

 with their Exchange for dair.y feed 

 for the present year. The Exchange 

 records indicate that about 70 per 

 cent of the feed and g'rain tonnage 

 u.sed is ordered on contract. The re- 

 cords indicate that 82 per cent of 

 Eastern States members of this roll 

 of honor secure their grain require- 

 ments on contract. 



It is interesting to note that the 3 

 leading herds in butterfat produc- 

 tion in the state of Vermont for the 

 pi-esent honor roll year have been us- 

 ing Eastern States feeds consistently 

 for years. The leading herd owned 

 by W. B. Edmands of Thetford. con- 

 sisting of 8.6 Jersey cows, averaged 

 .5.58.6 pounds butterfat. Of the 11 

 herds which averaged more than 400 

 pounds of fat per cow. 8 were East- 

 ern States fed and the owners of all 

 8 herds have contracted for their 

 1927 dairy ration requirements. 



The record established by L. C. 

 Conant of Richmond, Vt., is remark- 

 able. His herd of 56 cows averaged 

 311 pounds fat at a total feed cost of 

 23.8 cents per pound. They averaged 

 6059 pounds milk at a total feed cost 

 of $1.22 per cwt. His herd had been 

 on Eastern States feed 4 years and 

 Mr. Conant has contracted for his 

 1927 requirements. 



Where reooril.s are kept Kastern 

 State.s Open Formula Feeds prove 

 their >%'orth. 



It should be clearly borne in mind 

 in reading .statistics of this sort that 

 the grain ration is responsible for 

 onl.y part of the splendid perform- 

 ance records established by the own- 

 ers of high producing herds. Herds 

 which have been developed b.v the 

 leading dairymen of any state ^vould 

 make remarkable production records 

 at a lo^v cost per unit of milk and 

 fat produced on any feed these lead- 

 ing dairymen might select for their 

 cows. The significant thing about 

 these records is that so many of the 

 leading dairymen in the dairy state 

 of Vermont should be standardizing 

 on the Eastern States Farmer.s' Ex- 

 cliange I'ations, It should be borne 

 in mind that these rations are com- 

 paratively new. having been intro- 

 duced in Vermont in the autumn of 

 1922, yet they have been fed there 

 long enough to establish among re- 

 cord-keeping dairymen their superi- 

 ority. The fact that they are being 

 used by more than half of the lead- 

 ing butterfat producing cow test 

 association checked herds indicates 

 that the other dairymen who have 

 been standardizing on Eastern States 

 Feeds and the dairymen who are 

 turning to these feeds are following 

 and adopting a sound profitable feed- 

 ing practice. 



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 feeds, write the office. 



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