KELATION OF PRODUCTION TO INCOME FROM COWS. 



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compared with the general average of herds and especially when com- 

 pared with low producers, and the figures show the degree by which 

 good cows surpass poor ones. Moreover, they throw additional light 

 on the great usefulness and also on some of the limitations of cow- 

 testing associations. The points may be summarized briefly as fol- 

 lows : 



WHAT THE COW-TESTING ASSOCIATION CAN AND CAN NOT DO. 



The cow-testing-association records take much of the guesswork 

 out of dairying. Conformation indicates performance ; but the Bab- 

 cock test, the milk scales, and the feed scales tell the true story. 

 Knowing the true feed and production records, the good dairyman 

 practices selective breeding, eliminates all low producers that will 

 not respond to better feed and care, and feeds the remainder accord- 

 ing to known production. 



Via. 11. 



.. testing-association herd thai stood bigbesf Id buttcrfat production in 

 1!»1S. at Grove City, Pa. 



The elimination of low producers is important, bul it is noi the 

 only work of the cow-testing association. The well-managed cow- 

 testing association saves many cows because it furnishes their actual 

 records of production. It discourages the use of the scoop-shovel 

 method of feeding concentrates, by which all the rows are fed alike, 

 and it encc i rages the feeding of each cow according to known pro- 



