CANTERBURY HEARD TESTING

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LXIV, Issue 6580, 27 October 1939, Page 4

CANTERBURY HEARD TESTING

FRIESIANS HEAD THE LIST , 9i- >- - ■■■■- - Messrs C. W. Humm and Son's Herd in Leading Performance The- annual leport of the Canterbury Herd Testing, Association for the 1938-39 season - shows that Friesiafrs repeated their great performance'of the 1937-38 season by again securing. f all the honours for individual and Collective production. The three groups were each headed by a Friesian herd . while the highest cow tested by the Association for the season was the .five-year-old pedigree Friesian, Glen,hope Queen Echo ,Jewel f!; owned by C. W. Humm and Sons, Wainui, Banks Peninsula with 193501b milt, and 672 lb fat in 321 days while her dam, Rose : vale Echo Posch Jewel headed the Canterbury Association for the 193738 season with 196201 m milk and 680 lb fat in 350 days—a remarkable, similarity, in production-and a great performance for a dam and daughter. The- Friesian herds which headed the Groups of the Association were as follows: Plains: gj'Oups" H- J.' Macartney; 40 cows; 122481b milk; 4311b fat; 288 days. Peninsula Group: C. W. Humm and Sons; 51 cows; 102361b milk; 3791b' fat, 277 days. Rangiora group: R. E. A. Gillmah; 26 cows; 101241b milk; 3641b'fat; 284 days. Outstanding Grade Fnesians The top herd of the Canterbury Herd Testing Association for the past season, the grade Friesian herd owned by H. J. Macartney at Tai Tapu, is one of the outstanding and most consistent dairy herds in the Dominion. During the past four seasons this, herd of 40 cows has averaged 3601b fat (1935-36), 4071b (1936-57), 3681b (1937-38) and 4311b (1938-39). The latter average is one one that has seldom been equalled by" any other Group Herd Test in N.'Z.'A particularly pleasing feature of the performance of Mr Macartney's herd is fact that every cow was bred on the fatfm. During the 1938-39 season seven cows in the herd produced'over $00 lb fat the highest producers being :a six-year-old cow which yielded 15tf>0 lb milk'knd 563 lb fat f in 319 days." Mr Macartney has for many 'years been using pedigree Friesian/hej-ij-s;res included among them beirig"thr£e "Lenslea" bulls, all'son's of'Colintoii C.O.R 640' lb fat (bred by:L. Hi Leslie of Bennets*.' Rose Vale' Daphne Posch, whose sire is a maternal brothel* to Rose vale Inka. Sylvia Flora, 1064 lb fat, is another* bull used in recent years. ' Glehhope" Fiiesians lriclttde i Two

600 lb Cows

i With: an average, puoduction for the past season of 379 lb-fat in: 277 ; days for 51, cows, the "Glenhope" Friesiah herd owned-by C.-.W; Humm and; Sons, Wamui,' tops; the ..Peninsula-group 'of the Canterbury Herd Testing; Association for the. fifth consecutive" season: In;the ;19,34-85 season -2& cows averaged 331,1b fat; 1935r36, 29 cows averaged 400 lb fat; 1936-37 29 cows avefri aged 413'1b ! fa I; (each of these averages were also toj) 1 bf' the"Association for the respective seasons) 19ST-38} 45 cows averageri 38&lb fat; 1938-39 51. cows averaged- 379 • lb fat—-a re-markably-fine record. ~ .

j in during the 19SS-39.season were,2l-twO year-old-heifers-averaging. 3211,1b fat; Top cow for the;;-season -was- Glenhope Queen Echo - Jewel (Rosevale King Roberts. - Echo Posch Jewel, G.O. H.T. 597-lb-fat in 30b. days, and 680 lb fat. ini 350 days under.; Group Herd Test). When C. O. R.,_.tested as. a junior two-year-old Glenhope Queen Echo Jewei produced ,692.66 ib fat • thereby .. winning the F riesian. Derby for 1936.

Second. highest cow as Fendalton Midget Sylvia 6th with 602 lb fat in 333 days and whose average test for the season .was 4.9%., This, six-year-old cow is a daughter.; of...Netherland Pietertje of .Bainfield Rosevale King"; Sylvia—Westmere Princess Pietertje)'ana of Fendalton Midget Josch 2nd,'! a championship winner at Canterbury A. & P. Shows. .

;• Among: the few grades l now left in the "Glenhope" hard-are Holly 552 lb fat (576 lb fat the previous: year).v Bluey, 531 lb fat and Dainty 503 lb fat. ... .

The performance of the herd for. the 1938-39 ; season was a particularly fine one as following .the very dry summer a most severe winter was encountered with the result of. a shortage :of feed.

Mr. Humni reports that- when the winter snow storms were at th'eir wotsr it was six degrees colder- in the cowshed than in the "freezer." It was under these conditions that Messrs Humm and Sons reaped full, benefit of the, excellent shed they, erected during 1938 for stalling their milking cattle ir bad weather.