HERD IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
Chairman’s Annual Report “Exceptionally keen interest in the development of artificial stock breeding has been shown this year,” says the chairman of the South Island Herd Improvement Association (Mr A. Johnson) in bis annual report. “The demand for the service is increasing rapidly each year,” he said. From four artificial breeding groups in 1954, operations had expanded to 16 groups last year and a further seven groups were expected to be formed this year. A very gratifying rise in both conception and in calf rates was shown this season, said Mr Johnson. A total of 11,708 cows were inseminated last year and 9427 the previous year.
The results of the Deep Freeze Nominated Service instituted by the association had been very successful, Mr Johnson said. The management committee was concentrating on storing semen from what they considered the highest class bulls available. A decrease of 120 member herds last season brought membership to 852 herds and 36,515 cows. During 1955-56 there were 972 herds with 40,994 cows. Herds under the official pedigree test fell by 27 to 100 herds last season.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28324, 9 July 1957, Page 11
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