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Artificially Bred Cows Seen
In Virginia
Over 20,000 dairy cows have hcen bred artificially in Virginia since the beginning of the year.
Keith Huston, associate dairy husbandman at VPI, says further that over 10,000 hjgh productionbred dairy heifers have been horn or are on the way. The older sisters of this legion of artificially-bred heifers have already shown their abilities. A total'of 213, scattered over the state, have chalked up records of over 133 10-gallon cans of milk id 10 months of twice-a-day milking.
Huston says that although artificial breeding is of benefit to all dairymen regardless of the size of their herds, it offers exceptional —possibilities for the man with one or two or three dairy cows. The cost of the service averages less than $7 per cow in the 70 counties of Virginia that now have artificial breeding.
Reports from the 34 artificial breeding associations show that of the 20,000 cows bred, 10,244 were bred during the months of January, February and March, as compared to 8,657 for the same three-month period' last year. '• Percentagewise, large increases Were noted in several of the associations for the first quarter of 1052 as compared to 1951. Brun.^vick . Co* association led with a 97 per cent increase. The Carroll coifhty association took the second honor spot with a 52 per cent increase, and* the Cen-* tral association at Powhatan followed with a 46 per cent increase: . Associations which recorded an increase of over 20 per cent were:* Augusta, Culpeper, Floyd, Frederick-Clarke, Patrick, Rockbridge, Shenandoah Valley, and Grayson.
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