This collection consists of the annual reports of the Yakima Valley Dairy Herd Improvement Association from the first report in 1925, to the 25th report in 1950, excluding 1933. This collection also contains papers relating to the creation of the annual reports, largely from the late 1940s.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
James Feller processed this collection in 2018.
This collection was separated from the WSU Publications collection in the University Archives (MS.1992.23).
[Item Description]; Yakima Valley Dairy Herd Improvement Association Papers, 1925-1951; Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries; Pullman, WA.
Washington State Dairy Herd Improvement Associations Annual Reports, 1932-1996 (Archives 260).
Dairy Herd Improvement Associations, such as the Yakima Valley Association, are designed to help the owners of dairy herds better manage their business. The Yakima Valley Association hired its own testing agent and tested each cow in every member's herd and created an annual report with these statistics at the end of each year. The statistics included the amount of milk produced, the butter fat content of the milk, as well as what feed the cows were on. The data in the report was designed to help owners make decisions to better manage their herds in the future.