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Dairy Herd Improvement Association Reorganization in Wisconsin on a State-District Basis

Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison

ABSTRACT

The present organizational change in Wisconsin follows a pattern started in 1940, when one-man Dairy Herd Improvement Association units were encouraged to become a part of a consolidated county Association. At this time, laboratory facilities were developed in these counties, with most of them being located in the county courthouse or county building housing the Extension Agents. These facilities were provided rent-free or for a minimal charge. Consequently, this was an inducement for all supervisors to be a part of the centralized county Association, especially as the volume of Owner-Sampler testing increased from zero to 185,000 in 1957 when this plan was recognized as a part of the National Dairy Herd Improvement Program. In 1950, there were several areas of the state where adjoining counties merged and, by the late 1950's, several multicounty units were formed to serve three or four counties. In some cases, these mergers took place to more adequately utilize good facilities of a neighboring county in return for help from a good supervisor.