500,000 Jersey Heifers
torefl in .' the herd book of the New Zealand Jersey Cattle Breeders’ Association. Thia is nearly five times the numbar registered of tbe next most popular > baled. About 280.000 Jersey bull calves have been registered. The association claims So having made a meteoric rise in popularity as the breed has developed. In 1910 only 370 heifer calves were registered and since 1950 there has been a sharp increase: from 19,100 to the 500.000 th registration this year of Drofnas Select Lottie, bred and owned by Sanford Bros., Tuskau.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29477, 1 April 1961, Page 8
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91500,000 Jersey Heifers Press, Volume C, Issue 29477, 1 April 1961, Page 8
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