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Symposium: Future of the National Cooperative Dairy Herd Improvement Program

Interests and Responsibilities of the Colleges of Agriculture

Extension Service, North Carolina State College, Raleigh

ABSTRACT

In approaching a controversial topic of this kind, it is well to remind oneself that each state faces certain problems and their own peculiar set of circumstances in relation to the Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA) program. Therefore, the broad brush treatment will give some general direction to DHIA programs in the future, but such treatment will neither suit every state nor solve their specific problems.

In developing the material for this paper I have drawn on the experiences and judgment of a number of people who represent a wide spectrum of interests in the dairy field. Breed secretaries, magazine editors, extension dairymen, research workers and administrators are represented in this sample. I did not make a survey. But the conclusions I have drawn not only represent my thinking but the thinking of people in whom I have great confidence and respect.

In this discussion I will address myself to four principal questions:

1. What is the relative importance of DHIA data for research, particularly in genetics, feeding, and herd management?