milk in 326 days; 1353-3749 lbs. milk

milk in 326 days; 1353-3749 lbs. milk in 268 days; 1953—40,240 lbs. milkini 281 days. Thus you see $he is ojit; of a much better than average cow and yet a oow whose production is. similar to the dams of Komdyke’s daughters which proved him to be a . bull capable of siring better produce ang cows. How much bettef? His daughters produced an average of more than a ton of milk than their dams! Thus you can see that the ' heifer above could well be expected to produce a ton more milk than her dam. On today's market the extra milk she would produce in one ye&r —would be worth $44.94 at grade B prices! The average productive lifq of a cow is about eight year thus you can see for a $7.00 breeding fee an increased production value of $359.52 is not an unreasonable expectation! Figure the percent return. Windsor Lodge bred 77 cows artifically the first year our association was in operation. Says Manager B. C. Jackson, "I’m a firm believer in artifically breeding, you can be sure of getting cows that produce higher in both foutterfat and milk and the cows are 4 larger.” Mr. Jackson’s experience with artifical breeding dates back to 1949 so it is nothing, new with him.

Gelnn ^Williams .of Flint Hill bred fourteen of his cows through ‘the Rappahanrtock Association during the first'year of his membership. Says Glen, “I’m very pleased with my two - heifer calves bom so far. They have never given me a minute’s trouble.” •One of Genn’s heifers shown above .is a daughter of Glenafton Rag Apple Emerald whose daughters on test produced 14,199 lbs. of milk and 526 lbs. of fat. ,