HERD TESTING RETURNS.
EFFECTS OF DRY WEATHER. The serious effect which continued dry weather had upon the milk yield in the Auckland district is shown in the returns for February of the N.Z. Co-operative Herd Testing Association. The average production per cow for the 63,887 cows tested by the association in' that month waa 4571b milk, 4.4 test, and 30.301b butteriat. The average produotkm for £6,805 cows tested in February, 1827, was 0571b milk, 4.3 test and 28.481b butterfat.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 76, 30 March 1928, Page 4
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79HERD TESTING RETURNS. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 76, 30 March 1928, Page 4
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