MISC. ri'BLICATION 8, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



DAIRY PROGRAM 



1. IMPROVEMENT IN QUALITY OF ANIMALS. 



(a) COW-TESTING ASSOCIATIONS. 



(b) PUREBRED BULLS. 



(c) BULL ASSOCIATIONS 



2. IMPROVEMENT IN FEED OF ANIMALS. 



BETTER RATIONS. 



3. IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTH OF ANIMALS. 



CONTROL OF TUBERCULOSIS. 



4. IMPROVEMENT IN MARKETING OF MILK. 



CAMPAIGNS FOR IMPROVING QUALITY. 



Fio. 3.— Portion of a posit 



the impoitant features of tlio \V.>storn 



Stall's «laiiy-fxtension progrnm 



<ri'iun-(lcvelopnicnt basis. At the refzional conforonccs held at Fort 

 Collins, Colo., in 1928. at Tucson. Ari/.. in 15)24. and at Pullman, 

 Wash., in 1025, the subjects of range livestock, human nutrition, 

 dairyinir, the major farm crops, farm m'ana<rement, and home man- 

 a<r('nK'nt were covered. At the conference held at Reno, Nev., in 

 July. 1927, i)oultry and dothinir received reirional consideration. 

 With the exce|)ti(»n of range livestock and dairying, comparatively 

 little statistical organization on a regional i)asis luis been done. The 

 approach lias been through a study of the project i)hases that have 

 received emphasis in the various States. The jjlans of work and the 

 results obtained in the various States have been studied carefully 

 and selection nuide of the more imiwrtant phases for regional em- 

 phasis. The ])jr»grams that iinve come out of this series of regional 



