42 a EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



TESTING OF PURE-BRED COWS FOR ADVANCED REGISTRY. 



p. H. SMITH, CHEMIST IX CHARGE. 



On account of the ever-increasing amount of advanced 

 registry work, it has become necessary to engage a clerk to aid 

 in general supervision and in the keeping of records. Not less 

 than ten and as many as jSfteen men have been employed in 

 making the two-day, monthly tests. For the year ending 

 Dec. 1, 1920, 5,820 two-day tests were reported; for the year 

 just past, 7,250 were reported, — an increase of 1,430 over the 

 previous year. The number of cows on yearly test increased 

 in one year from 519 to 676, the number of farms from 72 to 

 93. 



The number of short-time tests for the Holstein-Fresian Asso- 

 ciation did not equal the number conducted during the pre- 

 ceding year. Statistics for the Holstein work follow : — 



Number of farms visited 30 



Supervisors emploj'ed 2G 



Reports turned in : 



60-day 4 



30-day 50 



14-day 29 



7-day 152 



