Author: James Frank Kendrick
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Category : Dairy farming
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
"Nearly 50 years ago a few progressive dairy farmers in Michigan organized the first cow-testing association in the United States. They wanted to improve the profitableness of their herds. They hired a tester to weigh and test the milk of each cow and keep a record of her food cost and income. They wanted that information so the could cull the low producers from their herds and feed the rest more economically. In the first 4 years of their pioneer effort these Michigan dairy farmers doubled the average profit per sow. since then thousands of other dairy farmers have followed their example with equally striking results. The cow-testing movement grew and eventually expanded into the present-day dairy-herd-improvement-association program. Members of these associations now use their records not only to test the cows but to prove the bulls. The improvement they have brought about in their herds is one of the outstanding 'success' stories in agriculture. No herd is so good that it cannot be made better by effective culling, good feeding, and the use of production-tested breeding stock. Breeding records and records of production, feed cost, and income are essential for carrying on such an improvement program. Membership in a dairy-herd improvement association is one of the best and most economical ways for any dairy farmer to obtain the necessary records."--Page ii.
The Dairy Herd Improvement Association Program
Author: James Frank Kendrick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dairy farming
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
"Nearly 50 years ago a few progressive dairy farmers in Michigan organized the first cow-testing association in the United States. They wanted to improve the profitableness of their herds. They hired a tester to weigh and test the milk of each cow and keep a record of her food cost and income. They wanted that information so the could cull the low producers from their herds and feed the rest more economically. In the first 4 years of their pioneer effort these Michigan dairy farmers doubled the average profit per sow. since then thousands of other dairy farmers have followed their example with equally striking results. The cow-testing movement grew and eventually expanded into the present-day dairy-herd-improvement-association program. Members of these associations now use their records not only to test the cows but to prove the bulls. The improvement they have brought about in their herds is one of the outstanding 'success' stories in agriculture. No herd is so good that it cannot be made better by effective culling, good feeding, and the use of production-tested breeding stock. Breeding records and records of production, feed cost, and income are essential for carrying on such an improvement program. Membership in a dairy-herd improvement association is one of the best and most economical ways for any dairy farmer to obtain the necessary records."--Page ii.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dairy farming
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
"Nearly 50 years ago a few progressive dairy farmers in Michigan organized the first cow-testing association in the United States. They wanted to improve the profitableness of their herds. They hired a tester to weigh and test the milk of each cow and keep a record of her food cost and income. They wanted that information so the could cull the low producers from their herds and feed the rest more economically. In the first 4 years of their pioneer effort these Michigan dairy farmers doubled the average profit per sow. since then thousands of other dairy farmers have followed their example with equally striking results. The cow-testing movement grew and eventually expanded into the present-day dairy-herd-improvement-association program. Members of these associations now use their records not only to test the cows but to prove the bulls. The improvement they have brought about in their herds is one of the outstanding 'success' stories in agriculture. No herd is so good that it cannot be made better by effective culling, good feeding, and the use of production-tested breeding stock. Breeding records and records of production, feed cost, and income are essential for carrying on such an improvement program. Membership in a dairy-herd improvement association is one of the best and most economical ways for any dairy farmer to obtain the necessary records."--Page ii.
Dairy Herd Improvement Industry
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ISBN: 9781776659371
Category : Dairy cattle
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781776659371
Category : Dairy cattle
Languages : en
Pages :
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Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Dairy Industry
Author: United States. Bureau of Dairy Industry
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Category : Dairying
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Category : Dairying
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Dairy-herd-improvement Associations, and Stories the Records Tell
Author: John Chambers McDowell
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Category : Dairying, Cooperative
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Category : Dairying, Cooperative
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Dairy Herd-improvement Association Plan
Author: United States. Bureau of Dairy Industry
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Publications Relating to the Dairy Industry
Author: Dairy Industry Bureau
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 10
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 10
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A Dairy Herd-improvement Program for the Southern States
Author: United States. Bureau of Dairy Industry
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Changes in the U.S. Dairy Industry, 1991-1996
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Category : Dairying
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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ISBN:
Category : Dairying
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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The Dairy Industry in the United States
Author: United States. Dairy Industry Bureau
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Dairy Herd Improvement Industry Code of Practice
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ISBN: 9780646286792
Category : Cow testing
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780646286792
Category : Cow testing
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description