DAIRYING 



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*Two-year-old form. 

 tThree-year-old form. 



There is no increase in the requirements for any breed after a 

 cow is five years old. The age of a cow is taken at the beginning 

 of the record, in case of the Guernsey, Jersey, and Ayrshire breeds, 

 while in the case of the Holstein breed it is taken at the time of 

 last calving. 



4. Official Tests in Dairy Cow Competition.* 



158. The importance and value of a yearly milk record of 

 each cow in a herd is often realized, but not always obtained by 

 owners of dairy cows. They hesitate to undertake what to them 

 seems to be a lot of extra work. An effort has been made in sev- 

 eral states to encourage this work by raising a sum of money which 

 is used for prizes to be awarded to the owners of single cows and 

 of a given number of cows that come up to certain prescribed 

 standards in their milk and butter fat productions for one year. 

 These tests are conducted and the records certified to by a represen- 

 tative of the Agricultural College, and the following brief outline 

 of the rules governing this work in the State of Wisconsin is given 

 as an illustration of the plan which is proving to be satisfactory : 



1. Any cow owned by a resident of the State may be entered in 

 competition. 



2. Cows entered in the competition shall be tested for two days 

 each month during the year, as arranged for by the rules governing the 

 semi-official yearly tests in this state, with the provision that no award 



* Woll in Wis. Expt. Station Circular No. 9. 



