New Mexico Dairy Herd Improvement, March, 1961

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March, 1961
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Dr. Robert: H. Porter. associate professor
of dairy husbandry with the Agricultural
Experiment Station at New Mexico State
University, will leave April 2 for six
months ' sabbatical leave in West Germany.
Dr. Porter has been inv1ced by Dr. Bodo
Senft, director of dairy science at the
Max-Planck-Institut at Mariensee, West
Germany. He will work with the Germans
in their research program and develop new
techniques for use here to improve our
research program.
Dr. Porter has been a member of the NMSU
Agricultural Experiment Station staff
since 1950. In addition to his teaching
duties, he has coached the Dairy Cattle
Judging Teams and taken part in research
projects conducted by the department.
Porter and other department members con­ducted
an experiment. on the comparative
effect on m:D..k production and udder health
of high and low vacuum milking machines .
Another experiment compared milk yields , forage yields and labor costs
of harvesting slfslfs as green-chop, as silage or by grazing .
During the past three years Dr;. Porter has been studying and classifying
the causes of breeding failures in dairy cows snd heifers. This ,",ork is
result.ing in improved breeding efficiency in the University herd. A
progress report on t.his ,",ork is being prepared for publication alt.hough
the ,",ork is being cont.inued .
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