Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
1908 - Cow-Testing

Eden Bank, Sardis, B.C. association for May had the record for 241 cows of an average of 917 lb. milk, 3.7 test, 34.1 lb fat. In each of the 20 herds some individual cows gave over 1,000 lb. milk, while the 3 best single yields were 1,630 lb., testing 3.2; 1.750 lb., testing 3.5 and 1,780 lb. milk in the 30 days. The best herd average was from a lot of 20 cows yielding 1,284 lb. milk, testing 3.4, 44 lb. fat. Such animals must be a pleasure to handle, a source of pride and satisfaction, as well as of good cash profit.

A good Ontario record for the same period is at the Central Smith association where a herd of 20 cows averaged 1096 lb. milk, 3.2 test, 35 lb. fat. The best cow in that herd gave 1465 lb. milk, testing 4.0, and the lowest yield in the same herd was 400 lb. testing 3.2.

A contrast in the above two is at St. Antoine, Que., for the same period, where 60 cows averaged only 654 lb. milk, 3.3 test, 21.9 lb. fat. The 60 cows gave a total yield of 39,244 lb. milk, 1,317 lb. fat. If they had milked as well as the cows at Eden Bank, B.C., they would have given an additional weight of actually sixteen thousand pounds of milk and over seven hundred pounds of butter fat during the one month!

Are there not some more places where there are still some more poor cows left? The poor cows are quickest detected by systematic weighing and testing.


The Chilliwack Progress
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
July 8, 1908

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