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MGt FOUITEEHMnufitld (Ohio) Newt^IounnlThursday, March 24, 194929 Join In Butterfat Test PlanResults Show Yield Is LowThe first month of operation of the Richland county Dairy Herd Improvement association’s butterfat testing program showed 29 farmers participating.Of the 294 cows tested, 4?were producing 40 pounds ofbutterfat per month, and the average butterfat production was only 28 5 pounds a month per cow.With a butterfat average of only one pound per day per cow j an the herds tested, need for such a testing program m Richland county to weed out the ‘boarders' from the dairy herds, is fclearly indicated C. N McGrew, county extension agent said.Charles L. Gunder, county testing supervisor and breeding technician is handling the testing program and can be contacted at the Mansfield telephone number 7634-1 for further details on the program.The agriculture extension office in the county court house also has complete information on the butterfat testing program.
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Mansfield News Journal

Mansfield, Ohio, US

Thu, Mar 24, 1949

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