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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-12-08, Page 25• • • 1,a The GOdOrivell SignaitgrA DeeOniter 1960 Stresses Dairy Yield Importance MPSt Canadian dir$ larm4114.., aren't interested in knowing 4- cifrteir tuf -eachof their tows and this lack of inter est is 'csting them mony, says Dr. O. 0.. Hickman, of the CDA. animal research Institute in Ot- tawa. Dr. Hickman notes that Can- ada keeps milk yield reeards of fewer than 10 per .cent of her cattle while Great Britain, New Zeaand, Sweden and Norivay test 20 to 30 per cent and Hol- landand Denmark test more than 50 per cent of their dairy ca e. "Any goad dairyman knows his hihest-producing cows wih- out, weighing 'their milk," Dr, Hicieman says, "But it is very hard for even the best herdsman to recognize • a one or twoper cent increase in the herd's milk production from' an improved feeding or breeding program. "A one -per cent rise in the herd's 'production amounts to only 'one-third of a ipotrid, per day per caw or a total 10 -pound increase' per 'day for a 30 -cow herd. "This is hardly recognizable at each milking or in the level of milk in the bulk taruk. But it i„ only through an accumul- ation of these small increases that dairy herd production will remain efficient " The researcher says that -a oneper cent increase means 3,600 pounds more a year for a 30cow herd, or $144 (figuring milk at $4 a hurtciredweight). Heavier feeding can about several one -per cent in- :41111411111 While many dairy barns are now fitted out with automatic milk weighingdevices, farm- ers with less modern equipment can still get accurate production records for their Methodists Set Goal The' executive board of the God. erich Free Methodist Sunday School adopted its -centennial project at the business meeting this week. It is the goal of the school , to make 100 members during 1967. In linewith the policy of the Free Methodist Church to co. Operate with the other churches of the town, the Sunday School staff and scholars will be devot. ing their attention only to famil- ies of the town who have no church affiliation. The Sunday School suPerinten- dant, Gordon Jones, reported that the average attendance is now &Do* that of last year, and he is- confident therefore that the goal for 100 members will be reached. St. Helens St. Helens - Fred Thompson a.rriv.ed Friday evening from England to join his wife, Mrs. Thompson and sons who are visiting with • her parents ,Mr. and Mrs. . Gordon McPherson. Mrs. • Lorne- Woods is a patient at Wingham and District Hospital. Thirty ladles completed the Hat Course at St. Helens'. Sev- eral ladies attended the "Sum- mary Day" in Wingham on Thur s - day and displayed their hats. Ann Errington, Dungannon, spent the weekend with her cousin, Lorene Errington. Alvin Miller, Strathroy, who has been critically ill this past weeks has shown some improve. ment this weekend. Mrs. John Scott of London has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Joe Gaunt and other mem- bers of her family. NOW IS THE TIME 110. BUY YOUR - Signal -Star GIFT Subscriptions cows. Here Don Sedgewick'' uses a simple spring scale to weigh milk at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa. creases but,. says Dr. Hickman, thero is a limit, beyond %blot econoxileg boost keed liowvnr, QQA5 1tolitting to use good bulls instead a aver- age or below-average ones," he points out. "Sire lists. available at artificial. imenuination units show the ,eenteraporary counpari- son ratings on daughters of their bulls. . "Some bulls in units are rated as -high as • Plus 10 and others law as Minus Ave. "The Plus 10 balls will sire daughters that give 500 pounds more milk per :lactation than will daughters ,of average bulls. The Minus 'five*bulls will lower 1:.::ductian by 250 pounds." "Uniforounately, good proven bu!is are in short supply," Dr. H:4kinari says. 4 rhaintlY bpils can be chosen lo breedpeguanent genetic. Improvement because there is not enOugh.pm--*nroat (;ow m lin all he,rodti. 100 pounds of milk per gen- duellun recording being done to milk records are a,lso mem prove youralYtt • able in nulling females That pre. tvurrent Oiling in Reod. ot Malik production records ae, .duce at .or bo,w average level.. ' performame (RP) herds is •at nlzkreetrngtoofinias'nplrtoPr95'413bulli/ till4 vil)Iftlinrplii:;ertefffeTwars keeiupsdt frfel:retedhis:' l'gjleener:alt'elo Xicif or°111Y4117rdP91111411s.w‘ pet find a good bull, several pronris. A ean lug young sir must be used in :e lactetioin's)eb3i? ettier71ispro6ful dndeerisr ' ktot coaubtlaide :rn. ilTkivelr:eliotrdiss°bDurr*It 11.se elvider:.1 11114'noms to-tal%setePr, °Ln- Ybersei ' than l i nece pillaien1 tahlrtatiligt Pnira. U'elt; LIe°seayer°fit'a°1e to use bhem;" man fi Christmas Shopping Is F lin At . 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