164 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



in the state now have one or more associations. Clark 

 County leads the list with ten associations. 



Since the first cow testing association was started by 

 the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association in 1906, over 500,- 

 000 cows have been placed on yearly test for 33,000 farm- 

 ers in 1,143 regularly organized cow testing associations. 



There were 100 associations reporting on the year's 

 production. More than 49,000 cows in 2,943 herds aver- 

 *aged 7,106 pounds milk, 3.84% fat, and 273.2 pounds of 

 butterfat. The average cow the country over is credited 

 with 160 pounds fat and the average Wisconsin cow with 

 190 pounds fat. 



18 C. T. Assns. Average 300 Lbs. — Eighteen associa- 

 tions report an average yearly production per cow of 300 

 pounds fat, the Richfield association with 350 cows heading 

 the list with an average 9,849 pounds milk containing 341 

 pounds fat. 



There were 535 herds in 61 associations reported with 

 an average of over 300 pounds fat a year; or 18% of all 

 herds. Twenty-five associations report one or more herds 

 with a yearly herd average of over 400 pounds fat. 



Last year 5,542 cows were sold to the butcher as un- 

 profitable, or 10%. There were 3,714 cows sold for- dairy 

 purposes, and 582 purebred bulls were sold on the basis of 

 the cow testing association records of their dams. Ad- 

 vanced Registry testing is done by 98 members in 68 asso- 

 ciations. 



During the year 1,710 herds out of 3,429 were tested 

 for tuberculosis, 1,325 of which showed no reaction. There 

 were 1,304 cow testing association herds on the State and 

 Federal Accredited list as free of T. B. or 39% of the 3,375 

 herds on which a report was made. 



Cows Are Well Fed — Cows on pasture were fed grain 

 in 1,310 herds and silage in 732 herds. There were 2,363 

 members who grew Alfalfa as compared with 776 who 

 grew Timothy hay. Soybeans for hay was grown by 552 

 and for grain by 152. Commercial mixed feed was pur- 

 chased by 1,482 members with 832 buying feed co-opera- 



