THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, FEBRUARY, 1928 



SIX HERDS AVERAGE OYER 

 1,000 POUNDSMILK FOR JAN. 



The C. T. A. average of all the herds 

 for January was 807 pounds of milk and 

 30.4 pounds of fat. Pelissier Bros, and 

 Frank Steele both had cows making over 

 2.000 pounds of milk and 70 pounds of 

 fat. The high cows in butter fat produc- 

 tion are listed below. 



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SMALL FLOCK LEADERS 

 ARE IN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



9. 

 10. 



About what age does a pullet start 

 laying eggs? 

 Of what is catgut made? 

 How can you tell the age of a horse 

 fairly accurately? 

 Name five common breeds of hogs. 

 How may goitre be prevented in ani- 

 mals as well as in humans? 

 Name two distinctly American des- 

 serts. 



What are the three main types of 

 sugar, all made from different 

 plants? 



What meat more than any other 

 should be well cooked before being 

 eaten? 



Serge is made from what material? 

 Of what material is calico made? 



John Bloom of Ware and P. L. Whee- 

 lock of Amherst head the state summary 

 on small flocks for the past two months' 

 period. With winter weather here it is 

 important not to forget to feed some 

 green feed such as cabbages, mangels or 

 sprouted oats. Also that cod liver oil is 

 helpful if the birds are not getting direct 

 sunlight. Keep the houses dry and clean. 



The list of county leaders follows with 

 the state list below that. 



C. T. A. HERDS HAVE HIGH 

 AVERAGE FOR LAST YEAR 



Average 8,975 Pounds of Milk and 

 346 Pounds of Fat 



Members of the Cow Testing Associa- 

 tion may well be proud of the above re- 

 cord which is the average of thirty-one 

 herds in Hampshire County for the period 

 of November 1, 1926 to October 31, 1927. 



It is noteworthy that the herds averag- 

 ing over 9,000 pounds of milk per cow had 

 an average feed cost of $1.39 per 100 

 pounds while those below 9,000 pounds 

 had an average of $1.70 per 100 pounds. 

 With feed representing 55?r of the total 

 net cost of producing milk, the'total cost 

 would be $2.52 and $3.09 respectively. 

 With milk at 7 cents a quart or $3.25 per 

 100 pounds, the herds above 9,000 pounds 

 of milk a year would be making a net 

 profit of 73 cents a hundredweight of 

 milk while those below would be making 

 a profit of but 16 cents a hundredweight. 

 The foregoing statements merely are 

 examples of the fact that the high pro- 

 ducing cows are the ones turning the most 

 profit back to the farmers. A hard and 

 fast limit of 9,000 pounds cannot be set, 

 as profits can be expected to increase 

 gradually from a 7,000 pound cow up- 

 ward. ' 

 On the basis of feed cost, the herds I 

 making the most profit were herds aver- 

 aging over 11,000 pounds of milk of 

 which there were five including Frank D. 

 Steele of Cummington, Pelissier Bros., E. 

 P. We.st, J. G. Cook, all of Hadley and M. 

 S. Howes & Son of Cummington. 



With 3.7 milk bringing $3.25 per hun- 

 dredweight, the feed cost must be below 

 $1.78 pen hundred pounds of milk in 

 Continued on page 9, column 2 



Poultrymen who wish to have their 

 flocks tested for Bacillary White Diarrhea 

 should place their applications in the 

 hands of Dr. J. B. Lentz immediately. 

 He has seventeen special employees to 

 carry on the additional work of testing 

 and wishes to dispense with their services 

 by March 1. Tardy applications will make 

 the work more expensive for his labora- 

 tory and less satisfactory to the poultry- 

 men. 



