DAIRY COW RECORDS 



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^bsterous. Now there are many cows on record that 

 have made over 1000 pounds of butter. Some of the 

 cows that have made good records are listed in the follow- 

 ing table. 



Some World's Record Cows, January i, 1919 



' Age at which record was made. 



Note : To find the butter production add \ to the amount of butter fat. 



Test Associations. — A great deal of improvement in 

 dairy cattle is being niade throughout the country by the 

 establishment of "Test Associations." In these associa- 

 tions the dairymen of a community band together, and 

 ■employ a man to go from place to place and weigh and 

 'test the milk at each farm once a month. The feed is also 

 'weighed. The fanner weighs the milk the rest of the 

 ■month, and the monthly test is taken as the average for 



