FARM AND DAIRY.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 10696, 15 October 1931, Page 1

FARM AND DAIRY.

an example. The proprietors of a buttennaking plant in the United States were recently lined for under-reading the llnhcock milk test and thereby cheating the farmers who supplied it with cream, the concern being also called upon to pay over £2OO additional to its patrons for the butter-fat it robbed hem of. In addition to the legal prosecution the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture revoked the testing license of botli the testing olllcer and the manager. Tilts is the third case of its kind the keen oflicials of the Pennsylvania Department have unearthed in recent months. COWS ON SHEEP COUNTRY. Purchased merely as a means of providing milk for house consumption on a sheep station at Mapin, between To Kulti and Taumarunni, two pedigree Jersey heifers produced such a liberal supply that their owners, Mr Jas. Brake, recently visualised the possibilities of dairying as a side line to sheep farming. In con-

sequence, he secured several move pedigree Jersey heifers and for the season just concluded he had the satisfaction of heading the small herd division of the New Zealand Cooperative Herd-Testing Association, the bigest organisation of its kind in the Herd Testing Association, the biggest organisation of its kind' in the world, with the splendid average for six of 401.661 b fat in only 294 days. Considering he steep, rugged nature of the country the performance of the little herd was nothing short of remarkable and it certainly draws very marked attention to the opportunity presented sheep farmers of supplementing their incomes by the introduction of a few dairy cows of the right type-FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. It was recently reported that the Canadian Government has prohibited the importation of Danish bacon on the ground that there was a real risk of cured bacon carrying live germs of foot and mouth disease. The London Times in remarking on this, says, “If this is so the British regulations designed to safeguard the health of our herds and flocks need to be reviewed in the light of the new facts.” HEIFER'S GOOD YIELD. The adaptability of the breed to all parts of the Dominion is evidenced by the performance in Southland of the pedigree Jersey heifer, Crofton Emma, who, commencing trust at the very tender age of one year eleven months, produced 5361 b fat under Government semi-official test. Crofton Emma, whose yield is the highest recorded by a Jersey of her age in the province, is the property of Mr A. Crowe, Makarewa. She is by a sou of Viola’s Golden Laddie (imp.) a bull that did great work for the breed in New Zealand form a cow tracing back to such illustrious forbears as Belvedere Sungleam, K.C.8., Genoa Daisy and Silver King. SEMI-OFFICIAL TESTING. The latest Merit List for Pedigree Jerseys under semi-official test shows that the highest return of the month is that credited to the young Taranaki cow, Gienroy Poppy, the property of Mr L. Hale, New. Plymouth, which produced 73.321 b. fat. This young cow is particularly well bred being by a son of Hawkesbury Blue Light, who. in turn, is a son of the noted Majesty bull, Hawkesbury Nobleman.

Another feature of the month'# testing work is the excellent performance of the Otago heifer, P. J. Hellyer’s (Dunedin) Frisky’s Favourite, who yielded 61.301 b fat In the junior two-year-old class. For a heifer of her tender age—she was under two years old when she started her test—she is putting up a record for the breed In the South Island. In 27 9 days she has given

559.601 b fat which should carry her well beyond the 7001 b. mark for the full twelve months.

Although in most cases Anal returns are not yet available the Indications are that the season's testing work amongst pedigree Jerseys will reveal a veritable hose of outstanding performance. Those that have already been published are sufficient in themselves to indicate the productive capacity of New Zealand Jerseys is being raised almost every year to an even higher standard.