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American Agriculturist, August 30, 1924 
Among the Cow Testers 
Dairy Improvement Work Gains Steadily 
G W TAILBY, JR., who is super- There are 47 cows on the honor roll. J- W. 
. visor of the Dairy Improvement Va £ Zandt Ieads with eleven out of eighteen 
Association work at the New York State mdkers - 
College of Agriculture, sends US the fol- Monroe Agent, Gerard Schmidt 
lowing June reports from the various Most herds have fallen off in production 
county association testers which gives an during the past month. I expect several 
excellent idea of the progress of dairv records of over 500 lbs. of fat, a number over 
improvement work through New York. ^ * 
Albany-Schenectady Agent, E. J. Colliton purebred Holstein milking 60 pounds milk on 
The honor roll contains 75 cows, the largest two quarters, 
in this association since it was organized two Boonville Agent, H. L. Stahlman 
years ago. . During the past month in this association 
The honor of having the largest percentage t j iere were 335 cows tested, 365 of which were 
cows on the honor roll goes to D. b. Wiltsey, milki aad 20 dry . p. h. Thomson and Son 
Medusa, N. Y. He has 12 grade Guernsey } iave s i x teen cows on the honor roll, with six 
cows, of which 7 were able to earn a place on cows {d)OVe 70 pounds fat for the month, 
the honor rolh The average production is 848 jj erds average 1000 pounds milk or 35 
pounds milk, 38.9 pounds fat, average test p Gunds f a t p er cow for the month are:— 
4.6 per cent. They are mostly winter milkers, 
freshening in the middle of the winter and F. H. Thomson & Son .1253 lbs. milk 46.2 lbs. fat 
early spring. At present they are not getting “ "* 
any gram. P. Scnneible & Sons.1218.2 “ “ 37.0 
Plans are under way to have a yearly H. C. Pohl.1004.3 “ “ 30.0 
business meeting for the association for the f 
purpose of organizing for another year. C. PI. Bronson recently purchased and 
1 . . i R vt installed a new Hinman Milker. F. H. 
Sherman Agent, L. B. Mapes Thomson & g on haye high COW, with 865 
Two purebred Holstein bulls have been pounds fat from 2276 pounds milk, 
purchased from Wisconsin by H. J. Einuik, Warwick Vall Agent, H. P. Bull 
Clyrner, and Thomas Williams, Clymer. . 
Five members nave made application tor a 
— ■ ■■ Tuberculin test of their herds. 
Ten High Herds for the Month of 
April, 1924 
Owner 
Geo. True 
H. E. Burrell 
Henry Peck 
James Rigney 
V. Fulkerson 
Geo. Garrod 
Summit Farms 
A. C. Brown 
Virgil Peck 
C. E. Hess & Son 
County 
No. Cows 
Average 
per co w 
production 
in milk 
Tested 
Milk (lbs.) 
Fat (lbs.) 
Monroe 
7 
1478.6 
54.1 
Schuyler 
6 
1378.5 
48.4 
Saratoga 
10 
1012.4 
46.6 
Monroe 
2 
1057.5 
45.5 
Tompkins 
8 
1175.2 
43.5 
Madison 
16 
1227.0 
41.9 
Monroe 
6 
799.5 
41.7 
Saratoga 
6 
998.5 
41.6 
Monroe 
12 
1134 5 
40.6 
Oswego 
16 
1188.9 
39.3 
The above list includes the high herds for all associations for 
which the monthly association summanes have been received. 
The averages are computed for the cows in milk. 
L. D. Gale and Son have purchased a pure¬ 
bred Guernsey bull from Babcock and Millard 
of Ithaca. 
Andes Agent, J. J. Linehan 
There were 26 herds containing 626 cows 
tested during the month, of which 179 pro¬ 
duced more than 40lbs. fat; eleven over 50 lbs.; 
four over 60 lbs., making a total of 194 honor 
cows. Fourteen produced over 1,200 lbs., of 
milk for the month. A grade Jersey, Daisy, 
owned by Ed. O'Connor, New Kingston, led 
the association with 72.6 lbs. fat. This is the 
highest fat for any cow since the start of the 
association. Susie, a grade Holstein and 
Jersey, was second with 69 lbs. fat. Old 
Tough, also a grade Jersey, was third with 
67.5 lbs. fat. Robert Ingles of New Kingston 
had high herd with 21 honor cows; this is the 
most 40 pounders in any dairy since the 
start of the association. George Fenton, 
Shavertown, was second with 20 40-lb. cows. 
A. Van Benschoten, New Kingston, was third 
with 18 cows. 
Essex Agent, E. G. Wolstenholme 
One member sold eight low-producing cows 
to make room for higher producers. One 
member bought a purebred Guernsey bull to 
be used as herd sire. 
No unprofitable cows were found this 
month, as feed costs were low due to pastures. 
The total production is lower this month, as 
there are less cows on the honor roll. Because 
so many members are doing winter dairying 
cows are shrinking to freshen in the fall. 
Ellisburg Agent, M. E. Balch 
At the low price of milk the farmers cannot 
afford to feed much grain. About half of my 
members were feeding four pounds per day to 
call the dairy to the barn. 
So. Lewis Agent, H. L. Stahlman 
The herds of G. W. Rook of Glenfield and 
the Walsh Estate of Highmarket started 
testing in the association this month. A total 
of 251 cows were tested, 235 of which were 
milking and 16 were dry. The herds of R. F. 
Hayes, Geo. E. Hayes, Wm. Myers and Earl 
Potter recently passed their first clean Tuber¬ 
culin test. Wm. Long’s herd has passed its 
second clean test and is now on the Federal 
Accredited list, making, with the Zimmer 
Estate, two accredited herds in this associ¬ 
ation. The following herds averaged 1000 
pounds milk per cow for the month:— 
J W. Van Zandt .1124.6 lbs. milk 40.0 lbs. fat 
W. H. Myers. 1074 0 “ “ 35.4 “ “ 
Zimmer Estate.1036.8 “ “ 31 4 “ “ 
R. F. Hayes .1033.0 “ “ 34.1 “ “ 
So. Oswego c Agent, P. S. Landon 
Thirty-two per cent, of the Jerseys in the 
association are in the honor roll this month. 
They have been milked on an average of four 
and a half months and the average production 
was 45.2 pounds fat and 849 pounds milk. 
Poplar Ridge Pontiac Rag Apple, owned by 
C. E. Hess and Son of Phoenix, heads the 
honor roll both for fat and milk production 
this month. The first 16 days in June on two 
milkings per day she gave 1465.3 pounds, 
averaging 91.5 per day. Best day 95.4. Best 
milking 51.6, June 14 P. M. 
Kingsford Farm has purchased of C. E. 
Hess & Son a new herd sire, a son of the 33- 
pound, three-year-old Popular Ridge Fayne 
Cornucopia. 
Ralph Owens has installed a new Empire 
milking machine. 
Twelve boarder cows have been disposed of 
this month and six new cows purchased. 
Plans are under way for the association 
picnic to be held in August; watch the papers 
for further information. 
There is room for four or five more herds in 
the association. 
Saratoga Agent, H. L.. Barnes 
Evert Wooley purchased a registered Hol¬ 
stein sire of Wm. Wilson, this calf’s dam 
Five High Cows for Butterfat in the Dairy 
Improvement Associations of New York 
State for May, 1924 
Months 
Owner County Breed Age Since Lbs. Lbs. 
Fresh Fat Milk 
Geo. True, 
Adam’s Basin Monroe Holstein 6 
C. E. Hess & 
Son, Phoenix Oswego Holstein 3 
J. M. Keeny, 
Chester Orange Holstein . 
Geo. True, ' 
Adam’s Basin Monroe Holstein 6 
D. L. Hayes & 
Sons, Mon¬ 
tour Falls Schuyler Holstein 4 
2 94.8 2709,4 
1 94.4 2552.0 
89.4 2294.0 
2 88.3 2452.1 
1 84.6 1838.0 
granddam and great-granddam being on the 
honor roll. 
Schuyler-Seneca Agent, H. C. Hinsdale 
H. E. Burrell of Watkins has had his herd on 
the honor roll for three consecutive months. 
The Terry Berry Farm, owned by W. E. 
Leffingwell of Watkins, has the largest number 
of honor cows of any herd in the association. 
This herd is practically all purebred Guernseys. 
Improvements on the Terry Berry farm include 
the building of a new silo. 
King’s Grand View Stock Farm of Burdett 
has a fine young purebred bull (Holstein) of the 
Ormsby strain for sale, four months of age. 
Fred' R. Johnson of Seneca Falls has a pure¬ 
bred Holstein cow, Minnie Ophelia DeKoI, 
which has produced over 6300 pounds of milk 
in the last three months on twice-a-day milking 
and with ordinary care. 
The Yale Farm of Romulus is still holding 
its place in the association with eight cows on 
the honor roll. 
D. L. Hayes and Sons of Montour Falls 
produced over 29,000 pounds of milk during 
the month of June from 30 cows. 
J. V. Sommerville of Romulus is erecting a 
new dairy barn with Jamesway equipment. 
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