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Uniform Rules for the Herd Test

Official Testing Section
Breed's Relation Committee

ABSTRACT

The American Dairy Science Association at its summer meeting ast June at Ames, Iowa, considered and adopted the recommendations of its Breeds Relation Committee regarding uniform herd test rules in connection with the new Herd Improvement Tests. The Uniform Herd Test Rules were developed by the special committee of the Official Testing Section after several special meetings had been held with representatives of the different breed associations. The purpose of the Uniform Herd Test Rules is stated as follows:

1. To standardize and simplify the methods of obtaining and supervising herd tests for economical production of dairy cows of all breeds.
   
2. To encourage mass testing of dairy herds under herd conditions.
   
3. To make the records more reliable and more easily comprehended and interpreted.
   
4. To make possible recognition and greater use of worthy dairy herd sires through production records of all daughters.
   

The following are the suggested rules: