THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, FEBRUARY, 1928 



TESTED HERD OWNERS' 



ASSO. HAS 122 MEMBERS 



Farmers owning forty-nine per cent of 

 the tested cattle in the county are now en- 

 rolled in The Tested Herd Owners' Asso- 

 ciation of Hampshire County. These men 

 own 1909 cattle and 40% of the tested 

 herds. These men represent real dairy- 

 men through the county as the average 

 number of cattle per member is fifteen. 



Increased Indemnity Bill 



The Grange bill for increased indemni- 

 ty for cattle killed as reactors after test 

 for bovine tuberculosis has been filed in 

 the Massachusetts Senate by Senator 

 Cornelius Haley of Rowley, Chairman of 

 the joint committee on Agriculture of the 

 House and Senate. The bill is presented 

 as an amendment to existing legislation 

 in order to increase the indemnity. The 

 wording is exactly the same as in the 

 present law except that where the limit 

 of indemnity which the .state may pay on 

 gi-ade cattle is $2.5.00 at present and the 

 limit on pure breds is $50.00; the pro- 

 posed bill raises these figures to $50.00 on 

 grades and $100.00 on pure breds. The 

 only other change is that the state shall 

 pay one-half of the difference between the 

 amount received by the owner for the car- 

 cass and the value of the animal as 

 determined by appraisal, up to the stated 

 amounts, instead of one-third as is at 

 present the case. 



Mr. G. Fred Pelissier is chairman of 

 the county organization and is also chair- 

 man of the state committee which is made 

 up of the heads of the Tested Herd 

 Owners' Association in each of the seven 

 counties now so organized. He will pro- 

 bably represent us at the hearing of the 

 bill in Boston. 



Progress of T. B. Bradication 



The following table shows the results 

 of tuberculin testing in Hampshire 

 County up to December 1, 1927. 



No. Tested Herds 290 



No. Te.sted Cattle 39.32 



Herds Reacting 77 



Head Reacting 238 



Per Cent of Total Cattle Te.sted 25 



The following table shows the results 

 of testing done in six western towns of 

 the county last year up to December 1, 

 1927. 



Per Cent 

 Tested 

 79 

 78 

 74 

 66 

 55 

 54 



Town 



Chesterfield 



Goshen 



Huntington 



Worthington 



Cummington 



Westhampton 



Herds Have High Average For Year 



< 'iiiit iiuit^d I'rum p.-mo ?,. clunin 1* 



The following table will show the difference between a profitable herd and a 

 herd that makes very little profit. Milk is figured at 7 cents a quart plus one cent 

 for every 1 per cent above 3.7. 



Herd Milk T.>t:il TcialCosf Total Cost Net Prolit Return for 



Number pcreow Fut Feed Cost liie Hi Milk IlKilli. Fat i>er cow year $1.11(1 invest'd 



7 I 11725 I 439 I $14.5.47 | $2 25 I $.60 | $117.25 I $1.44 



14 I 6946 I 293 | 117.89 | 3 09 j .73 | ' 27.09 | 1.12 



The following summary gives the complete list of herds finishing a complete 

 testing year. 



Cow Testing Association Summary 



Testing Period from Nov. 1, 1926— Oct. 31, 1927 



Averages computed per cow year and written underneath. 

 Cow years also written underneath under month on test. 



Herd No.ot Months Po-iii Is Av.BF. L'k. of Vahf of 

 No. Cows on Test of Milk Test 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 

 28. 

 29. 

 30. 

 31. 



15 

 10 

 10 

 15 

 25 



9 

 12 

 11 

 13 

 14 

 10 



6 

 18 



5 



6 

 23 

 11 

 11 

 15 

 11 

 12 



7 

 24 

 13 



8 



7 

 14 



I 16 



I 



I 21 

 I 

 I 9 



28 



I 



1409 



00126 



10.50 

 00120 



10.00 



00109 



9.08 



00166 



13.83 

 00258 



21..50 

 00105 

 8.75 

 00110 

 9.17 

 00087 



7 25 

 00143 



11.92 

 00133 



1108 

 00117 

 9.75 

 00070 

 5 83 

 00212 



17.67 

 00049 



4 08 

 00068 



5 67 

 0026S 



22 33 

 0"bl29 



10 75 

 OOISO 



10 83 

 00169 



14.08 

 00131 



10 92 

 00134 



11.17 



0OOS4 



7.00 



00288 



24 00 

 00081 



13 00 

 00095 

 792 

 00081 

 6.75 

 00167 



13.92 

 00189 



15 75 

 00250 



20 83 

 00106 



8 83 

 00328 



27..33 

 04578 

 381.50 



1087511 



103571 



92.5771 



92581 



899071 



9902 1 



145002 



104851 



15.58731 



72501 



684991 



78281 



1075231 



117251 



432381 



59641 



1196801 



100401 



908041 



81951 



625691 



6417 



46017 



7893 



142078 



8041 



28.340 



6946 



82745 



145931 



1502061 



67271 



985361 



9166! 



799731 



73841 



1104701 



78461 



12.39311 



11.3491 



1041371 



93231 



576711 



8239! 



1784531 



74?6I 



1023531 



78731 



1039401 



131241 



702201 



104031 



1014011 



72851 



1421551 



9026! 



2088821 



100281 



717301 



81231 



3362451 



12.3031 



.34239151 



89751 



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 32 

 4.3 

 4.4 

 3.6 



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53 I 

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3.5 I 

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3.6 



3.5 



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4.0 



3.4 



3.9 



2315 



319 

 3805 



319 

 3945 



356 

 2730 



280 

 1637 



2811 

 52461 



297 [ 

 11951 



2931 

 26901 



4741 

 73551 



3291 

 37611 



3.501 

 42091 



3891 

 37831 



2691 

 43651 



4001 

 39361 



3521 

 20211 



2891 

 '96091 



400 f 

 38391 



2951 

 .36601 



4621 

 25561 



3791 

 36581 



2631 

 49631 



3151 

 71911 



3451 

 29001 



3281 

 115771 



4241 

 131875! 



3461 



Val. of 

 Product 



C.st of Totaleost Above 

 (irnin of Feed FeedCost 

 $0876.00 



83.43 

 0688.00 



68.80 

 0658.00 



72.47 



1.537.00 



111.14 



0864.00 



39.35 

 0473.00 



54.06 

 0914.00 



99.67 

 0392.00 



54.07 

 0969.00 



81.29 

 0873.00 



78.79 

 0526.00 



53.95 

 0247.00 



42.37 

 1000.00 



56.59 

 0247.00 



60.54 



0706.00 



124.51 



1482.00 



66.37 

 0600.00 



55 81 

 0402 00 



37.12 

 0.599.00 



42.54 

 0705.00 



64.56 

 0585.001 



52 37| 

 0454.001 



64.861 

 1281.001 



.53.371 

 0942.001 



72 461 

 051.5.001 



65.021 

 03.56.001 



52.741 

 0704.001 



50.571 

 1196.001 



75.94! 

 1710.001 



82.091 

 0.592.00] 



■67.041 



2182.001 



_79.84| 



2.5257.061 

 66.201 



161.62 

 136.80 

 130.73 

 169.93 



92.84 

 142.75 

 145.47 



98.21 

 146.22 

 129.87 

 117.74 

 136.37 

 136.78 

 117.89 

 187.12 

 148.77 

 133.39 



151.62 

 154.60 

 170.92 

 187.63 

 244.09 

 150.39 

 232.61 

 140.96 

 164.60 

 160.20 

 111.90 

 98.62 

 76.86 

 180.64 

 198.77 

 166.77 

 149.96 



100.83i 181.44 



121.051 170.45 



141.3o| 215.57 



129.81 133.13 



145.571 108.43 



I 

 120.951 269.26 



139.151 189.23 



199.62 

 141.63 

 109.77 

 151.18 

 171.05 



153.91 



190.fi7 



98.63 



91.42 



156.13 



140.431 276.22 



I 

 162.7 21 227.40 



I 

 138.801 173.22 



