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^he RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 15, 1917 
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A Cow Testing Association : Important 
Things Learned 
During the month of November 280 
cows were tested in the Blooming Grove. 
Orange Co., N. Y., Cow Testing Associa¬ 
tion. Sixteen of these cows produced over 
40 pounds of fat. The high cow, a pure¬ 
bred Ayrshire, owned by Atterkill Farms, 
'VN'aSliingtonville,' produced 5.3.4 pounds of 
fat from 954 pounds of milk, testing 5.G 
per cent. The herd which averaged high¬ 
est was a grade Ayrshire herd owned by 
Sears & Howell, Blooming Grove. Sixty 
c-ows in this herd, including a goodly num¬ 
ber of cows which have been milking for 
some time, averaged for the month 26.79 
pounds of fat from 672.5 pounds of milk, 
an average test of 4.1 per cent. The high 
coAV in this herd produced 49..3 pounds of 
fat from 1.173 pounds of milk, te.sting 4.2 
per cent. The highest Holstein cow, own¬ 
ed bj' "V^'nlter Brown, Salisbury Mills, 
a disinterested person do the work which 
means dollars and cents to him. 
The association is another means of get¬ 
ting the boys interested and keeping them 
on the farm. The tester, is usually a 
young man who means to have a dairy of 
his own some day, and he does stimulate 
an interest in cow's. To keep our boys 
on the farm we must have somethiug to 
hold them and nothing appeals so much 
to a true farm hoy as the breeding uj) of 
a herd of cattle. samuel sakei.. 
New York. 
Weighing Hogs by Measurement 
How can a farmer without good scales 
tell the weight of a pig by measurement? 
For instance, one man says he has a little 
sow which measures as follows: P’rom 
tail to ears. 48 inches; girth back of fore 
legs, 48 inches; girth around the belly, 54 
inches. How much does such a sow 
weigh? Can you give ns any rule or 
A Group of Brood Sows. 
See Page 1432 
produced 48 pounds of fat from 1,170 
pounds of milk, testing 4.1 per cent. 
One of the benefits a dairyman receives 
from this work is the knowledge of the 
worthi of the dams of the calves he is 
going to rai.se. It also emphasizes the 
importance of the right kind of a sire. 
This last is showm remarkably well in one 
of our herds. Three cows in this herd 
have daughters which freshened this Fall. 
The dams are all very good cows, as good 
as anyone would want to keep. They are 
good testers, averaging between them 3.7 
per cent. The daughters, however, will 
never milk as w'ell as their dams, and 
their average test is 2.9 per cent. Reason, 
the sire. Although a purebred, Ms daugh¬ 
ters have shown him to be a “purebred 
scrub.” This same dairyman might have 
gone on breeding and never known what 
was the trouble. You can be sure the 
next sire he gets is going to be from a 
dam whose record he knows. 
Another thing I have come to believe is 
that the Ayrshire cow' deserves more con¬ 
sideration at the hands of the dairyman. 
They have proven their worth beyond a 
doubt right here in a section where 1161- 
steins are exceedingly popular. They 
have produced milk cheaper than any 
other cow in the association, and returned 
more money for each dollar invested in 
feed. The work here has convinced me 
that the average dairyman can make con¬ 
siderably more progress by paying closer 
attention to his feed cost, feeding a better 
ration, along lines worked out by the best 
of feeders, and by lowering his cost of 
production, than by looking for higher 
prices for his products. Nothing will 
help him so much in this as milk scales 
and a Babcock tester. The very men who 
complain that this takes too much time 
are those who loaf around town when re¬ 
turning from the creamery. Even if it 
did take a great deal of time, it would 
be the thing to do, for by chance it may 
Show that the time spent in milking, feed¬ 
ing. etc., of certain cows is profitless. 
One great advantage in having an asso¬ 
ciation in one neighborhood is that tests 
at the creameries can be checked up. In 
many localities, as at Chester and IMon- 
roe, N. Y., the tester is hired jointly by 
producers and creamerymen to do the 
testing, and this does away with all com¬ 
plaints. The creamery is satisfied to go 
to extra expense to keep their patrons 
satisfied, and it is only good business 
policy on the part of the producer to have 
table by means of which any such fair 
idea of the weight can be known by mwi.s- 
urements? 
For small cattle and calves of a girth 
of from three to fiv'e feet, allow 16 pounds 
to superficial foot. For pigs and sheep 
and all cattle measuring less than three 
feet girth, allow II pounds to the super¬ 
ficial foot. Rule: Ascertain the girth in 
inches back of the shoulder.s, and the 
length in inches from the .Sfiuare of the 
buttock to a jioint oven with the point of 
the shoulder-blade. Multiply the girth 
by the length and divide the product by 
144 for the superficial feet, aud then mul¬ 
tiply the superficial feet by number of 
pounds allowed as above. How they are 
fattened will make some difference. 
New Jersey. joii .n p. babtles. 
T know of no accurate way of telling 
weights of pigs by measurements, though, 
no doubt, a scale of sizes and weights 
could he worked out. It would at best, 
however, be very apt to be uni-eliable, as 
so many factors make a variation. Pigs 
on a large pasture where they get plenty 
of exercise and grow muscle are more 
solid than those closely confined. Durocs 
are very solid, apt to he small boned and 
heavy fleshed, and very deceptive in 
weight. The scales are the only sure 
“weigh” I know of. ROY m’vaugh. 
New York, 
No rule or table for this purpose can 
he correct, for no two animals are built 
exactly alike, and methods of feeding will 
make a difference in weight of animals 
of the same measurements. Then again, 
the breed has somethiug to do with it. hut 
there is an old-fashioned way of estimat¬ 
ing these weights which is approximately 
correct. That Is, to allow for hogs and 
sheep 11 pounds to the superficial foot, 
according to the following rule: Measure 
ill inches the girth round the breast, just 
behind the shoulder-blade, and the length 
of the back from the tail to the fore part 
of the shoulder-blade. Multiply the girth 
by the length, and divide by 144 for the 
superficial feet, and then multiply the 
superficial feet by 11 pounds, aud the 
product will be the number of pounds of 
pork in the four quarters of the animal. 
We never use this method, because the 
writer, and, usually, the man in charge of 
our pigs can stand by the side of a pen 
and estimate Avithin a few pounds what 
one will weigh, hut we think the above 
will answer your question as nearly as it 
can be answered. C. S. LTJNT. 
Monroe Co., N. Y. 
