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Number of Cooperative Cow-Testing Associations in the United States, 

 In Operation on July ]st, Bach Year 



Number of Associations in operation 

 States 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 



Michigan 1 4 -1 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 



Maine 3 4 3 o 4 5 8 



New York 1 1 3 1) 18 21 29 35 



Vermont 2 8 10 11 17 28 33 



Iowa 2 5 4 8 7 8 13 



California 1 3 2 4 4 5 7 



Wisconsin 9 10 10 8 11 24 37 



Nebraska 1 3 2 3 



Colorado 1 1 2 1 1 



Pennsylvania 11227 14 



Ohio 1 1 4 5 



Maryland 13324 



Illinois . 4 3 2 7 3 



Washington 1 ;! 1 1 



Minnesota . 3 7 10 9 11 



New Hampshire ... 11148 



Oregon 1 1 1 711 



Utah 1 1 1 



ilassachusetts .... 22230 



Virginia 2 2 2 



Kansas Ill 



Indiana ..... 223 



Kentucky 110 



Missouri 2 1 



New Jersey . 2 3 



West Virginia .... 11 



Connecticut 13 



North Carolina . . .20 



Louisiana 10 



South Dakota 11 



Nevada • 1 



Total 1 4 25 40 04 (i2 100 163 211 



QUESTIONS 



1. Give suggestions regarding the foundation stock for a dairy herd. 



2. In your section what blood predominates in the dairy herds? 



3. What are the points of a good dairy bull ? 



4. Give important points of a good pedigree. 



5. Wliat is meant by community breeding? 



6. Give advantages and disadvantages of a breeding association. 



7. What dairy records should be kept by all dairymen ? 



8. Of what use are these? 



9. Compare the three-day record with the daily record. 



10. What is a dairy testing association? Explain its working. 



11. What are some of the results of such associations? 



